Ben Hall, PhD, is Director and Head of the Circuit Biology Department at H. Lundbeck A/S and serves as External Innovation Lead, contributing to Lundbeck’s External Research & Innovation activities. He leads a multidisciplinary neuroscience team supporting target validation, translational pharmacology and drug discovery, while scouting and evaluating early-stage opportunities from biotech companies, academia, incubators and the broader innovation ecosystem. He also co-chairs Lundbeck’s Next Wave Forum, which evaluates emerging therapeutic concepts for progression into the discovery portfolio. Across more than 25 years in academia and industry, his work has spanned synaptic and circuit neuroscience, scientific and portfolio strategy, and internal and externally partnered drug-discovery programs. Before joining Lundbeck in 2019, he led neuroscience drug-discovery programs at Roche and previously directed an independent academic laboratory at Tulane University.