David Parker

Deputy Chairman, bioSOUTH

David Parker retired from partnership with a leading South Island law firm to pursue new-business creation. He has founded a successful fund management group - which now manages over $300 million of investors' funds. He has also played a pivotal role in the due diligence, contract negotiation, capital raising and post-investment management of recent biotech start-ups promoted by Howard Paterson. These include BLIS Technologies, Botry-Zen, Pharma Zen and A2 Corporation. David is deputy chairman of bioSouth, the biotech industry cluster group based in Dunedin.