Biography

Prof Sir Menelas Pangalos, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2024. Sir Pangalos previously served as AstraZeneca's Executive Vice-President of R&D BioPharmaceuticals from January 2019 to March 2024 and in various Executive Vice-President roles for AstraZeneca since 2010. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Sir Pangalos held senior R&D roles, including Senior Vice President, at Pfizer, Wyeth Research and GlaxoSmithKline. In 2019, Sir Pangalos was awarded a knighthood from Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sir Pangalos holds Honorary Doctorates from Glasgow University and Imperial College, London, is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal Society of Biology and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. Sir Pangalos has taught as a Visiting Professor of Neuroscience at Kings College in the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases since 2005. Sir Pangalos was also an Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience from 2007 to 2010 at the Institute of Neurological Sciences at Penn University. Sir Pangalos received a Ph.D. in Neurochemistry and undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of London.