Dr Russell Tait

Pharmaceutical Sciences
PolyActiva
New Zealand

Biography

Russell has been CEO since February 2010, and joined the board of PolyActiva in August 2011. He is a co-inventor of PolyActiva’s technology. He is currently an adjunct Associate Lecturer at Monash University in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Victorian College of Pharmacy, Australia. Russell has more than 20 years’ experience in drug delivery and pharmaceutical product development with leading pharmaceutical companies, including Glaxo Australia, Faulding (now Hospira) and CSIRO. Whilst at CSIRO, he was the recipient of the CSIRO medal for Business Excellence for having lead the team responsible for publishing the CSIRO Total Well Being Diet book. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PolyActiva Pty Ltd in February 2010. Russell holds degrees in Pharmacy from the Victorian College of Pharmacy, University of Melbourne and is a registered pharmacist. He also took a post-doc position at Kansas University.

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