• AFT Pharmaceuticals are a growing multinational pharmaceutical company that develops, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of pharmaceutical products across a wide range of therapeutic categories which are distributed across all major pharmaceutical distribution channels: over-the-counter, prescription and hospital.

    AFT's product portfolio comprises both proprietary and in-licensed products, and includes patented, branded and generic drugs.

  • Maxigesic global growth continues

    AFT Pharmaceuticals reported a strong lift in revenue and earnings for the 2020 financial year following sales growth and cost control in its diversified Australasian medicines business and growing international sales of its patented Maxigesic pain relief drug.

    To view the announcement please click here.

  • NZX

    Shares in AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited (“AFT”), began trading on the NZX Main Board and ASX on 22 December 2015, following the successful IPO that raised $35.6 million through the issue and sale of New and existing shares.

    To view the announcements please click here.

Board of Directors

David Flacks
Chairman

David has a number of governance roles and has been chair of AFT since the IPO in 2015. David is also chair of the Suncorp New Zealand group of companies. He is also a director of Todd Corporation, Harmoney Corp. and a number of environmentally focused pro bono organisations.

He is former chair of both the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal and the NZX Regulatory Governance Committee; and a former member of the Takeovers Panel. He is also a director of boutique corporate law firm Flacks & Wong.

David was for many years a senior corporate partner at Bell Gully and was general counsel and company secretary of Carter Holt Harvey during the 1990’s. He is a law graduate from Cambridge University.

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Dr. Hartley Atkinson

Hartley founded AFT in 1997. Before founding AFT, Hartley worked at Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, Roche, for eight years where he held positions as Sales & Marketing Director, Medical Director, Product Manager and Medical Manager.

Prior to his work at Roche, Hartley was a Drug Information Pharmacist and Researcher at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Christchurch Hospital. Hartley is the author of a number of scientific publications. Hartley’s work has been published in the prestigious The New England Journal of Medicine.

Hartley holds a doctorate in Pharmacology, a Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry with distinction, and a Degree in Pharmacy, all from the University of Otago.

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Marree Atkinson

Marree has been involved in all aspects of AFT’s business since its establishment in 1997, including roles in sales, regulatory affairs, customer services and logistics.

Marree’s role as Chief of Staff sees her involved in the day-today running of AFT’s head office including managing staffing requirements and special projects involving AFT’s head and affiliate offices.

Marree is a registered nurse previously practising at Waikato Hospital.

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Andrew Lane

Andrew has more than 30 years’ experience of leadership in the global pharmaceuticals industry with expertise across a broad range of disciplines including finance, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and strategy. Most recently he was Global President of Abbott Laboratories Pharma Division where he led a multi-billion-dollar operation that had 30 manufacturing plants, 12 Innovation and Development sites and 40,000 staff covering more than 100 countries. Before that he was Vice President of Takeda, Asia Pacific, where he managed the company’s operations in 12 countries, which included three factories and 2,000 staff. He has also held senior roles with multi-national pharmaceutical companies Nycomed, DKSH, Novartis, and Sandoz.

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Anita Baldauf

Anita joins AFT with a broad and international experience in FMCG and Corporate Finance. Her 22 year career at Nestlé and l’Oréal (Laboratoires innéov), mostly as CFO in multiple developed and developing countries, gave her a rich expertise in finance and investor relation, compliance and governance, international business as well as people development, and value based leadership.

Anita is impassioned about driving impact, particularly in the area of Wellbeing and mental health. She is an EHF Fellow, where she is advising and supporting New Zealand and international start-ups and impact ventures as they navigate through the challenges of exponential change, rapid growth, and their aim for impact and sustainability.

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Ted Witek

Dr. Witek served Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for nearly 25 years where he held various pharmacology and clinical research positions, including Director of Respiratory and Immunology Clinical Research leading to his roles as President and CEO of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Canadian and Portugese operations. He led the Global Operating Team for Spiriva serving as Co-Chair of the Global Alliance with Pfizer.

Dr. Witek also was Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, at Innoviva (Formerly Theravance, Inc.). He also served on the Board of Directors of Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) including Chair of the Health Technology Assessment and Public Relations Committee. He was appointed to the Ontario Health Innovation Council and advisor to the Design for Health Program at OCAD University. He is currently an Adjunct Professor & Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s School of Public Health & Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. He serves as Director of the DrPH program. Dr. Witek is the author of more than 100 scientific papers as well as several chapters and books.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health from Columbia University and a Master of Public Health from Yale University and an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK.

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