Simon Macdonald B.Sc (Hons), MSc, PhD
- Wide-ranging leadership experience of multi-disciplinary and cross-institution teams
- Record for delivering successful collaborations
- Exceptional ability to identify and operationalize fundable scientific opportunities
- Has held multiple academic positions at UK/US universities
Richard Hatley MChem, DPhil, MRSC, CChem
- Long track record of synthetic chemistry problem solving and medicinal chemistry expertise across numerous preclinical drug discovery programs
- Expertise in generation of new hit chemical matter, lead identification strategies and data analysis
- Progression of small molecules to the clinic through MPO lead optimisation
- Co-founder of two companies, navigation of VC collaborations, experience in large pharma, academia, and smaller biotech industries
Diane Coe B.Sc (Hons), PhD, FRSC
- Fulbright Scholarship Awardee and highly respected scientist serving on numerous prestigious review panels and advisory boards
- Deep “Hit to Lead” expertise including HTS screening and DEL libraries
- Broad experience of successfully leading Lead Optimization projects and delivering clinical candidates
- Extensive expertise in every aspect of patent preparation – for example in collaborating with Patent Attorneys to compile new patent applications
Andy Mason B.Sc (Hons)
- Extensive computational and modelling skills to accelerate lead optimization and drug discovery
- AI-enabled drug discovery and retrosynthesis approaches
- Peptide drug discovery and due diligence
- Experienced leader in GMP compliant API manufacturing