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Cambridge, England, Gb

Cambridge, England, Gb

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Member of the executive leadership team and responsible for the development and execution of the corporate and business strategies at Horizon. Directly leading the Research Reagents (Gene Editing and Gene Modulation reagents), Cell Line Engineering Services, Screening Services (Functional Genomic and Cell Panel screening), BioProduction, Diagnostics, and Cell & Gene Therapy business units with full P&L responsibility. This includes business unit management, product management, marketing, customer services, technical services and inside sales teams in both the UK and the USA.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Developed and executed a short-term commercial strategy that reversed poor revenue growth and optimized OPEX. Restructured the various sales and marketing teams, improved the sales enablement systems, put in place improved reporting and metrics, and led the targeting of new segments, notably the pharma and biotech markets.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

Drove the development and execution of a corporate growth strategy to rapidly scale a synthetic biology business. Oversaw the commercial transition of the company from predominantly a product company, to a services company and technology licensing company, focused in on the hot markets of cell and gene therapy and CRISPR genome editing. To take this to market built and led a global commercial team comprising regional sales directors, business development managers, technical field sales specialists, inside sales, marketing, product management and project management. Assisted in securing further investment to fuel growth and as part of this opened a US sales office. Led contract negotiations with global pharma and biotech customers, and closed multiple deals, several in relation to out licensing of technologies for bioproduction of lentivirus, AAV and vaccines.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Drove strategic transformation of the Pharmaceutical Research business unit to create a global leading product and service portfolio for drug discovery research. Provided leadership to R&D, product management, operations, logistics, business development, sales and marketing functions. Developed and launched novel gene edited cell lines for in-vitro ADME-Tox studies, a disruptive portfolio of predictive cell models for drug safety testing.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Launched and drove explosive growth of innovative genomic editing and cell-based products and services. Transferred to the USA to join the Emerging Technologies group in Sigma-Aldrich, which was set up as a life sciences incubator within the company under the direct control of the Chief Scientific Officer. Whilst there directed market strategy, led pioneering product development, and oversaw sales, marketing and business development to lift the company to market dominance in the functional genomics market. Launched catalog of gene edited cell lines for functional research and disease models, and the first commercial cell line gene editing service.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Led business development, inside sales, field sales and tactical marketing teams for custom and functional genomic product lines in the region.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Directed tactical marketing and sales development for the genomic initiatives as part of the European tactical marketing team.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Responsible for sales and providing technical and application support for life science products.

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire , Gb

Responsible for sales and providing technical and application support for gene expression analysis instruments and reagents.

Near Edinburgh, Gb

Set up a new molecular biology laboratory to develop novel gene expression analysis technologies in partnership with Oswell DNA Services (later acquired by Eurogentec) for incorporation into molecular diagnostics.

Manchester, Gb

Research and development of novel gene expression analysis technologies for application in the bioproduction of fuel and food additives.

Ph.D., Molecular Biology

B.Sc., Biochemistry

M.B.A., Business