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Edward Smith has over 20 years of experience in the financial and biotech industries. Edward is currently a Non-Executive Director at Benitec Biopharma. Prior to that, they served as the Chief Financial Officer of Marinus Pharma, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Edward also served as the Chief Financial Officer of PolyMedix, Inc., a publicly traded clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing small molecules for the treatment of infectious diseases and innate immune disorders. In addition, Edward Smith was the Executive Director of Finance at InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., a Nasdaq listed specialty pharmaceutical company focused in gastroenterology. Edward has also served as an Advisor for Edward Smith Consulting and as the Assistant Corporate Controller for Mace Security International, Inc.

Edward Smith has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Hartford. Edward's field is accounting and economics/finance.