Menelas N. Pangalos is EVP-Biopharmaceuticals Research & Development at AstraZeneca Plc, Member of British Pharmacological Society and Member of Society For Neuroscience and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past he occupied the position of Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President at Neuroscience Research Australia.

He received an undergraduate degree from Imperial College London and a doctorate from the University of London.