Mario Pennisi AM is a professional director and advisor, and chair of life sciences companies. He was the inaugural CEO of Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) and has 25 years’ experience managing commercial operations in the life sciences industry.
In the mid-1990s, in affiliation with US and German-based organisations, Mario established the first Queensland-based ‘central laboratory’, servicing international trials in the Asia-Pacific region. He was also a founding member of Queensland’s first contract research organisation.