• A research scientist (biologist) with 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry in management and scientific roles• Excellent knowledge of the drug discovery and development process.• Experience in building and establishing an international external network to identify and develop new and innovative opportunities for collaboration and in licensing. • Leadership experience in managing teams of scientists in early and late stage drug preclinical discovery projects, and in due diligence activities.• Project leadership experience, leading and co-ordinating the efforts of multi-disciplinary scientific teams• Business and management skills, with extensive experience in human resource management with successful outcomes• Successful management of scientific collaborations with industrial partners and academic groups • Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.• PhD and MBA qualifiedSpecialties: Preclinical drug discovery; target discovery and validation; lead optimisation pharmacology; translational biology; project management; HR management; collaboration initiation and management; scientific expertise in cardiovascluar and metabolic disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, immunology; liason with external agencies (government, non-government); due diligence to support in-licensing.