Niall Martin

Niall has extensive experience in the DDR field and in cancer therapeutics in general, both in small companies and pharma.

Prior to joining Artios, Niall was a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at MISSION Therapeutics, a company focused on the commercialisation of expert research into ubiquitin pathways for the treatment of cancers and other diseases. During his time at MISSION, Niall helped establish the deubiquitylating enzyme (DUB) inhibitor platform, and raise more than £80 million in Series A and B financing.

Prior to that, Niall worked as Head of KuDOS Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, UK (a subsidiary of AstraZeneca) from 2008 to 2010, delivering a number of DDR projects into the AstraZeneca oncology pipeline, including ATR and ATM. Niall also previously held the role of Director of Drug Discovery, where he established the drug-screening capabilities that underpinned all KuDOS’ drug discovery programmes. Niall’s most notable achievement was establishing KuDOS’ programme against the DDR target PARP, which resulted in the discovery and development of Lynparza™ (olaparib), the first PARP inhibitor to market.

Niall also worked in thrombosis research at Fournier (Dijon, France) and in non-lipid cardiovascular research at Zeneca. He gained his PhD in Zoology from Aberdeen University.