Dr Daniel Grant
Head of Strategic Alliances
Pfizer Australia

Dr. Grant is the Head of Strategic Alliances for Pfizer Australia and a member of the Medical Department’s leadership team. Working with his colleagues in Pfizer’s Worldwide Business Development team, he is responsible for identifying, negotiating and managing collaborative opportunities that arise from Australia’s research landscape and that align with Pfizer’s strategic direction. In addition, he manages Pfizer Australia’s participation in the Australian Federal Government’s P3 program and manages Pfizer Australia’s Research Fellowship and Sponsorship programs.

Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr Grant was a senior business development manager at Melbourne Ventures Pty Ltd, the commercialisation arm of the University of Melbourne, and the University of Melbourne's representative on the Investment Committee of Uniseed Pty Ltd, a pre-seed investment company for the Universities of Queensland, NSW and Melbourne. Dr Grant has sat on the boards of a number of biotechnology spin-out companies and was the commercialisation manager at Biocomm Services Pty Ltd, a company established by the Victorian State Government to bridge the gap between research, academia and the commercial world. Dr Grant has M.Sc. in Respiratory Physiology, a Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Physiology and an MBA. He has more than 15 years experience in applied biomedical research in Canada and Australia, including 10 years spent at Monash University where he was a Senior Research Fellow.