Board of Directors

Professor Ghassan Alusi PhD FRCS (ORL-HNS) – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ghassan is the founding partner and CEO of Ixogen Ltd.
Ghassan is a consultant ENT, Head and Neck surgeon specialising in Head and Neck malignancy at Barts Health as well as an honorary consultant surgeon at University College Hospital and has also just setup the Head and Neck Academic Centre with Prof. Mark McGurk, where he holds an academic position of Honorary Reader. He is also a reader at the William Harvey Institute where he co-supervises 3 PhD fellows currently. Prior to this, he co-supervised 12 PhDs, including 9 in the field of oncolytic viruses. This work has produced many peer reviewed publications.
Ghassan holds a PhD degree from University of Leicester, FRCS (ORL-NHS)

Imad joined Ixogen Ltd. in 2018 and is responsible for overseeing the business operations of the company.
Imad has worked as a senior consultant for MEFIC Capital overseeing a development project in Porto, Portugal. Imad previously was a Managing Director of Middle East at FREO Group and responsible for investment and investor relations.
Prior to joining FREO, Imad was an Executive Director at Arqaam Capital. He also gained experience at Babcock & Brown working on numerous Mergers and Acquisitions, debt and equity raising transactions.
Imad obtained a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Structural Engineering from Imperial College London. He also obtained a Masters Degree in Investment Management from City Business School.

Upen joined Ixogen Ltd. in 2018 and is focusing on financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting. Upen is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He is a partner at Arithma LLP, a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants in the West End of London. He has extensive experience in advising clients on accounting, auditing and business advisory issues, including acquisitions and disposals, structuring and fund raising.
Upen graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science at University College London.