Martin Rogers

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Martin Rogers (born 1981) is an Australian bioentrepreneur who has been associated since 2007 with a number of ASX-listed biotechnology companies, including Prima BioMed, which he led from 2007 to 2012.

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Background

Rogers attended the University of New South Wales between 1999 and 2004 where he gained a double degree in chemical engineering and computer science. Between 2004 and 2007 he engaged in a number of entrepreneurial pursuits as well as worked at Macquarie Bank. [1]

Prima BioMed

Rogers was part of an investor group that effectively took control of Prima BioMed in late 2007, when he was appointed a director. At that time Prima had Phase IIa data for its CVac cancer vaccine product, but did not have the funds to progress further. Under Rogers' leadership Prima achievements included:

Prima announced in May 2012 that Rogers would be stepping down as CEO. [12] He left Prima at the end of August 2012. By the end of tenure Prima had made it into the S&P/ASX 300. [13]

Since Prima Biomed

Since 2012 Rogers has been involved at board level in a number of ASX-listed biotech companies, including Cellmid (ASX: CDY) between September 2012 [14] and June 2015; [15] Rhinomed (ASX: RNO), since September 2012; [16] OncoSil Medical (ASX: OSL) since April 2013; [17] and Actinogen (ASX: ACW), since September 2014. [18]

In 2018, Martin Rogers, of KTM Ventures, co-invested with Mike Tilley to purchase a 30% stake in cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve. [19] [20]

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