The People

Raj Parekh

Non-Executive Director

Raj joined the Ploughshare board in 2022, bringing a wealth of technical knowledge and more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor and biomedical research specialist.

After gaining an MA and DPhil from Oxford University, he pursued a successful academic career in molecular medicine before co-founding Oxford GlycoSciences (IPO on LSE and NASDAQ). Following its sale to UCB-Celltech, he became Chairman of Galapagos nv, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Novartis Venture Fund and a founding Director of Celldex Therapeutics.

Raj also serves on the board of several other companies including Arrakis Therapeutics, Aura Biosciences, and Levicept.