Board

Richard Archer: Chairman

Richard was founder of The Automation Partnership, leading the company as CEO until 2005. He has extensive experience in developing and marketing novel cell culture technologies and has worked with many of the early entrants into the tissue engineering arena, particularly across the USA. He regularly consults for both venture capital organisations and early stage lifescience companies.

Nicholas Sleep: CEO

Nicholas has been working in the lifescience industry for more than ten years. He was previously VP business development at Procognia. Before that, he ran the informatics business unit at The Automation Partnership. He holds an MBA from Cranfield University and a MEng from UMIST.

Professor Alicia El Haj: Director

Alicia is internationally renowned in the field of tissue engineering with over 18 years of experience and more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. She is the Head of the Centre for Science and Technology in Medicine and is also Research Dean at Keele University’s Medical School. Click here for more details.

Professor Jon Dobson: Director

Jon is professor of biophysics and biomedical engineering at the Keele Institute for Science & Technology in Medicine. He holds a Royal Society-Wolfson Foundation Research Merit Award and has recently been invited to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is on the editorial board on many publications and has published over 110 peer-reviewed publications. Click here for more details.

Roy Eady: Director

Roy previously held a number of VP roles at AstraZenca, ending as VP of Portfolio Management. Roy is now CEO of Synovis Ltd, on the Board of BioCity and a Director of MedilinkEM Limited. Roy has extensive line and project management experience particularly in the fields of immunological and inflammatory diseases and is currently advising a number of Biotech companies on projects in late Discovery and Early Development.

Stefan Ogrodzinski: Director

Stefan is founder and CEO of Biostatus Limited. He is also Chairman of Medilink East Midlands, a member of the third mission committee at the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER) , a former co-director of the UK Human Tissue Bank and Senior Partner at Ogrodzinski Consultants