Paul Foster Email & Phone Number

Oxford, GB

Oxford, GB

Beckley Psytech is dedicated to helping patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders by developing a pipeline of psychedelic compounds into licensed pharmaceutical medicines

Oxford, GB

We use genomics to find and shut down over-active genes driving disease and then go directly to testing our therapies in discarded donor livers that we keep alive outside of the body.Our approach makes us better, cheaper, and faster than traditional drug discovery

Oxford, GB

Fosterwade exists as a commercial accounting consultancy to maximise cash preservation and profits for SMEs in life sciences and technology businesses. Fosterwade helps those companies who can't pinpoint what is working well and what is not in their business and those organisations that are missing that important business plan to identify the pathway to.

Cambridge, GB

• Barbican is a multinational, logistics company specialising in the life sciences. Serving Europe with 70 employees. Specialising in cold chain and clinical trial transportation support. I was brought in to.
• Full responsibility for management accounts, FP&A and staff management
• Accountable for commercial pricing negotiations, contracts and control and reporting policies
• Managed facilities, IT, quality assurance and HR functions
• Professionalised systems, including reporting, planning, and control, for £7m and 70 employee group to support planned doubling of turnover in 3-5 years
• Developed management information to highlight profitability trends, leading to refocusing resources to higher margin business. Produced unit cost reports, used to successfully negotiate prices rises of 5-6%

• Double Wing is a internationally focused medical device supplier start up, specialising in consumable devices for bladder pain, cataract operations and joint injuries. I was brought in to build a financial support.
• Responsible for building control, financial planning and management reporting processes from scratch
• Accountable for all legal affairs, administrative matters and commercial partnerships
• Developed a £50m+ global medical devices and cosmetics sales trading platform
• Upgraded Xero accounting software to Exact ERP system to ensure scalability of the business
• Designed and implemented plans to launch five new products between the UK/EU and China and secured supply agreements and distribution partnerships across Europe and Asia

Oxford, GB

• The Oxford AHSN is a NHS Directorate, set up to deliver a cross-disciplinary change programme for the NHS, promoting best practice and innovation adoption in healthcare. I was employed to set up control, planning and.
• Responsible also for making sure scarce resources were allocated for maximum return
• Successfully managed annual budgets up to £5m,
• Led major procurement tender process for a £200,000 training contract
• Implemented a wide-ranging forecasting and planning process for £15m budget.
• Led root and branch 5 year strategy review to deliver against nationwide health targets.

Oxford, GB

• Fosterwade was set up to deliver bespoke services to ensure financial health, prosperity and growth to its clients.
• Produced 3-year strategic plan, secured venture capital of £2m for a biopharmaceutical start-up
• Brought in by a construction company to professionalise management reporting and turnaround poor profitability and cash drain.
• Recruited to prepare statutory accounts for USA public listing.
• Engaged to finalise 4 years of open tax returns.

GB

• Oxagen is a pre revenue, VC backed biotech R&D, researching immune inflammatory diseases. I was engaged to manage the restructure of the support systems for a transition from a genetics focused company to a drug.
• Responsible for equity sourcing, acquiring $90m of venture capital equity for biopharmaceuticals company specializing in treating anti-inflammatory and respiratory disease
• Implemented and managed a £70m drug pre-clinical and clinical development strategy, and responsible for budget planning and management
• Secured venture loans and additional bridging finance and a successful £2m Biocatalyst grant
• Negotiated out-licensing deal of $2m, in-licensing contract and trade sale head of terms

• HGS provide nursing and sales teams to large Pharma partners
• Achieved turnaround of finance function after the sudden departure of incumbent FD, preventing loss of bank and VC support and confidence, by re-establishing monthly reporting and cashflow forecasts
• Drove strategies to reduce cash drain

Paris, France, FR

• Principal finance officer for a £25m division of a US-based leading biotechnology company specialising in rare genetic diseases and global sales of over $4b
• Established commercial, high-growth business-unit, contributing up to £20m net profit to UK subsidiary
• Led a multi-disciplinary team to integrate Medtech business as part of a $738m global acquisition
• Created the 3-year strategic plan; secured support and investment from global HQ board
• Part of the senior team launching six product lines into the NHS. Growing sales from £3m to over £25m in seven years and profit margins of more than 80%
• Developed and executed a plan to create a start-up homecare division to overcome an escalation in paid-for nursing costs from a third-party provider, saving £2m+ annually

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law

Ba (Hons), Economics

Cima Chartered Management Accountant