AFT Pharmaceuticals announced that Dr. Doug Wilson will step down from its Board of Directors at the conclusion of the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 5 August 2022. Dr. Wilson joined the AFT Board in 2012 following a distinguished and diverse career in academia and business and with deep experience spanning pharmaceutical research, development and commercialisation. Dr. Doug Wilson joined the AFT Board in 2012 after a diverse and distinguished career.

His first job in medicine was as a nurse at Auckland Hospital during a student vacation. Upon graduating from Otago University medical school, he undertook postgraduate training in medicine, blood and kidney diseases and research. After moving to the UK he gained a PhD training in haematology and immunology.

He returned to New Zealand and was appointed an associate professor at Auckland Medical School, and this was followed by other academic roles including visiting professor at the King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At the age of 50 he opted for a new career in business, joining the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, first as its New Zealand Medical Director and ending his tenure as the company's worldwide head of Medical Research and Regulatory Affairs. During this time, he led teams that developed and commercialised new drugs for hypertension, HIV, chronic lung diseases, strokes, heart attacks, prostatic disease among many others.