Dr Graeme Jarvis

Dr Graeme Jarvis was born in New Zealand, but has lived and worked overseas in a range of countries including Fiji, Germany, England, and the United States. Over the past 25 years, he has held a variety of jobs in the agricultural, food & beverage and biotechnology sectors. This has included research and development, management and international business development roles at institutes and companies including DMV-Fonterra Ltd and ViaLactia Biosciences.

He has also worked for the New Zealand government in roles focussed on assisting New Zealand’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies export their products globally. Since 2015, he has been the CEO at Medicines New Zealand- the industry association representing companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of modern prescription medicines.