Susan K. Benton

Mrs. Benton has over 30 years of experience in the biomedical industry, as an executive and entrepreneur. For the past four years, she has served as the Head of New Products and Business Development at Shire, where she played an instrumental role in the expansion of the Ophthalmology Franchise pipeline. Before joining Shire, Mrs. Benton worked in Global Business Development at Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceuticals prior to the acquisition of the company by Valeant. Her deal sheet includes over 20 transactions to date. She also co-founded and served as the Chief Commercial Officer for Sirion Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that developed and launched Durezol® and Zirgan® in the US market before being acquired by Alcon and Bausch and Lomb respectively. She has served as a strategic consultant for more than a dozen ophthalmic start-up companies in the areas of clinical development, strategic marketing, and commercial and business operations. Before joining the ophthalmic community, Mrs. Benton worked as Head of Consumer and Professional Sales for J&J Lifescan and in Marketing & Sales for Sanofi Pasteur. Mrs. Benton holds an MBA from the Executive Program at the University of South Florida and a B.S. in Biology from Muhlenberg College.