Plum Job for Ian Colrain PhD 

On June 9 the MRIGlobal Board of Directors announced that Ian Colrain PhD has been named president and chief executive officer of MRIGlobal and will assume the role beginning July 1. With the appointment, Ian assumes responsibility of all operations for MRIGlobal.  Ian was previously with SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) as president of SRI Biosciences, where he led the strategic planning, business development and research operations for a multidisciplinary team of more than 250 employees with top- and bottom-line responsibility for its $75 million annual operating budget.  

MRIGlobal is an American independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, with regional offices in Virginia and Maryland. In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal operates research facilities for the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.

“We’re excited to welcome Ian to MRIGlobal. He brings incredible passion, strong business acumen, and a depth of experience to this position,” said David Oliver, Chairman of the MRIGlobal Board of Directors. “The past five years have been the most successful in MRIGlobal’s 78-year history. We believe Ian’s leadership will strengthen our ability to continue solving the difficult challenges of our customers and propel the institute to realize even greater success.”   

Ian served as a reserve officer in the Australian Army Psychology Corps and earned the Australian Defence Medal. He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania with a B.Sc. degree in computer science and psychology, a BSc Honours in psychology and a PhD in psychology with specialization in sleep psychophysiology. Ian has also maintained an appointment as a Professorial Fellow in Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Ian and his wife and two daughters.

Ian is the son of Michael and Marlene Colrain. Michael Colrain OAM  attended the College 1950-54 A renowned musician, fundraiser and supporter of charitable organizations, he was inducted onto the St Virgil’s Heritage Roll in 2010. Ian’s younger brother, Andrew (SVC 1974-79) is an accountant and is well known on the local entertainment scene.

Another High Achiever in the R&D Area

Kevin Lynch MD (SVC 1977-82)

Kevin was deputy Head Prefect in his final year at the College and during his time there excelled in soccer (a key member of the SSATIS premiership team) and athletics (winner of the prestigious Brother Bill Wilding Trophy for the Most Determined Athlete in 1980).

Kevin went on to study medicine at University of Tasmania and proceeded to a professional life in research and development that has spanned 30 years and in various locations around the globe.

Kevin is married with four children – two boys and two girls – and is currently residing in Sydney, where he is Chief Medical Officer at Antengene.

Antengene Corporation Limited is a leading clinical-stage R&D, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative first-in-class/best-in-class therapeutic medicines for oncology and other life-threatening diseases. Driven by its vision of 'Treating Patients Beyond Borders', Antengene aims to provide the most advanced anti-cancer drugs to patients in the Asia Pacific Region and around the world. Since initiating operations in 2017, Antengene has obtained 19 investigational new drug (IND) approvals in the APAC region and the US, submitted six new drug applications (NDAs) in multiple Asia Pacific markets, with the NDA for selinexor/ATG-010 in South Korea already approved through a priority review process. Leveraging partnerships as well as in-house drug discovery, Antengene has built a broad and expanding pipeline of 15 clinical and pre-clinical assets. The Company has global rights on 10 programs and Asia Pacific rights, including the Greater China region, on five programs.

"Dr Kevin Lynch is  highly experienced and enthusiastic industry physician, having managed all disciplines in drug development at national, regional and global levels. Experience across multiple geographies and organisations at both start up level through to larger, multi-national operations. Built from ground up the multi-disciplinary medical teams needed to develop and successfully launch transformational medicines in oncology, haematology and immunology." (Antengene Corporation 2020)

Brother Bill Wilding pictured with three of the winners of the trophy named in his honour. Br Bill was Sportsmaster at the College from 1971-75. The three winners pictured with him are Peter Wood (1979), Kevin Lynch (1980)  and Joe O’Loughlin (1977).