Evan Hayes

Evan Hayes is a highly experienced board member with over 20 years of commercial and leadership experience within the healthcare and biotechnology sectors. He is particularly specialised in the management, set-up and scaling of startup organisations where there is a fast-moving environment balancing a need for strategy, scale, business development, overseas expansion, risk and compliance.

Mr Hayes has been the Asia Pacific managing director of Factors Group, Canada’s largest natural health company, since April 2018. Prior to that, he was the director of sourcing and product development at Blackmores where he led the procurement, technical, new product development, and strategic sourcing divisions. Mr Hayes has worked across Europe, US and Australia; and has exceptionally strong knowledge of both FDA and TGA regulations.

Mr Hayes graduated with a Master of Science (1st Class Honours in Biotechnology) and finished first in his class with a Bachelor of Science (Honours). He won the Daniel O'Carroll Award for Scientific Research.