Experience

Personalised Diagnostics

• United Kingdom
• Health and Human Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom



VetDx

• United Kingdom
• Veterinary
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Ripon, England, United Kingdom



NHS England Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme

• Mentor

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  London, United Kingdom A programme designed to offer opportunities for junior doctors and wider health professionals to develop their entrepreneurial aspirations during their clinical training period



Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of London

• Treasurer

  • 2012 - Present

  London, United Kingdom Part of volunteer group of HBS alumni committed to using the HBS network to assist in the development of new ventures.



Centaur Management Consulting

• United Kingdom

• Managing Director

  • May 2001 - Present

  Working with growth companies in the UK and USA, assisting founders with the creation of the strategic vision, establishing the appropriate organisation structure and raising the necessary finance.



Recova-19

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Director

  • May 2020 - Dec 2022

  ReCoVa-19 offers a software and testing solution to help employers and teaching institutions manage the risk of Covid-19 within the workplace and place of learning, headed up by a team with over 150 years of industry specific experience. With a combination of a GDPR compliant secure web application and fully accredited testing laboratories, we have created a platform that makes employee and student testing and monitoring safe, efficient and reliable.



Cambridge Clinical Laboratories

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acting Finance Director

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2021

  Cambridge, United Kingdom Assisting Management Team in MBO of a 14 year old UKAS accredited laboratory providing molecular and viral diagnostics, next generation sequencing, pharmacogenetic and patient profiling tests.



Signum-Health Ltd

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Chief Finance & Commercial Officer

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2019

  Caerphilly Providing finance oversight for a healthcare start up in the social prescribing and remote diagnostic space. Assisted company through two venture capital backed financing rounds raising £600k.



Time for Medicine

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director and Joint Managing Director

  • 2009 - Dec 2016

  Cardiff, United Kingdom Assisted Founder with setting up spin out company, agreeing Licensing Agreement and raising over £2m of equity and grant funding.



D-Tech (UK) Ltd

• Financial Advisor

  • Jan 2005 - Oct 2015

  Bristol, United Kingdom Assisted founder with creation of original business plan, raising of 3+ rounds of VC money, and pre revenue sale to global operator for £20 million.



Sirigen Group Limited

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Apr 2006 - Jun 2009

  Santa Barbara, California Area Spin out from the University of California, Santa Barbara, commercialising Nobel Prize winning technology in the life science sector. Took Company through three angel rounds and two VC rounds, raising in total circa $8.5 million. Responsible for business plan creation and coordination of all legals (including relocation of parent company to UK as part of VC round), Intellectual Property and licensing matters. SOLD TO GLOBAL DIAGNOSTIC BUSINESS FOR >$70M



Credo Group

• Germany
• Real Estate

• Director

  • 1999 - 2001

  London, United Kingdom Co-founding director of strategic management consultancy with offices in London and Munich, growing to 25-person firm within three years. Providing strategic and transaction support advice to blue-chip corporates, private equity houses and venture capitalists.



Burton Property Trust

• United Kingdom
• Construction

• Managing Director

  • 1986 - 1991

  London, United Kingdom Directed the acquisition, construction and leasing of 3 million square feet of retail and office space in the U.K. and U.S.A. with a staff of 100. Co-ordinated site selection, contractor liaison, local community relations, legal contact, regulatory compliance, leasing strategy, financing arrangements and marketing plans.



The Burton Group

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director - Real Estate

  • 1983 - 1986

  London, United Kingdom Member of Board responsible for management of Group's real estate portfolio with capital value in excess of £600 million; headed finance department of 20 people.

• Strategic Planning Director

  • 1981 - 1983

  London, United Kingdom Worked closely with new corporate Board, conducted strategic market assessment to identify appropriate strategies for existing and new businesses. Headed negotiation of annual profit plans with Group Divisions, generating recommendations on plans and performance for Chairman and CEO. Appraised all capital investment proposals for Board.


BP Oil
• Germany
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Corporate Financial Analyst

  • Sep 1976 - Aug 1979