Destiny Pharma plc announced the appointment of Dr. Debra Barker as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2020. Dr. Barker is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive with more than 25 years' experience in the industry in both pharma and biotech having worked at Novartis, Roche, GSK (then SmithKline Beecham) and most recently at Polyphor as Chief Medical and Development Officer. Dr. Barker is currently on the board of Hutman Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostic company specialising in antimicrobial resistance, and BerGenBio, an oncology company targeting immune-evasive and therapy resistance cancers.