Matt Barnes

Matt Barnes is an accomplished pharmaceutical executive with extensive experience in research and development, currently serving as the Executive Vice President and President of Nxera Pharma UK, as well as Head of R&D at Nxera Pharma since August 2016. Prior to this role, Matt Barnes was the Director of Pharmacology at Takeda from January 2003 to July 2016 and also held the position of Group Leader/Senior Scientist in Molecular and Cellular Systems at Celltech Ltd. (now UCB) from March 1998 to January 2003. Educationally, Matt Barnes earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pharmacology and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biochemistry, both from Newcastle University, completing studies in 1998 and 1994, respectively.