Global Chief Operations Officer

London, United Kingdom

April 2022 - Present

TRANSPHARMATION Ltd is a preclinical CRO spun out of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK) in 2010. Our mission is to be regarded as the leading CRO for cross-species and cross-therapeutic area in translational pharmacology from bench to bedside. Following the transfer of key personnel, assay know-how and equipment from GSK, TRANSPHARMATION has enjoyed unprecedented growth in its preclinical and experimental medicine service offering. This growth has been driven by highly characterised assays sensitive to clinical gold standards, state of the art technology and human tissue assays. With models spanning rodents, dogs and non-human primates through to humans, our core therapeutic expertise includes: Cognitive disorders (Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and Parkinsons's disease), Pain, Aging, Depression, Epilepsy, Gastrointestinal, Sleep disorders, Metabolic diseases, Biomarkers, PD/PK. In addition, Transpharmation has a significant internal research programme that is centered on a strategy to better understand and stratify responders and non-responders to clinical gold standards based on the detection of neurophysiological and molecular biomarkers. Transpharmation R&D facilities are located at the Royal Veterinary College (UK) and the Trinity College Dublin - Institute of Neuroscience (Ireland).

SO1 OTC

Camberley, United Kingdom

August 2017 - April 2022

SO1 BAME

Aldershot, United Kingdom

January 2016 - August 2017

Operational Tour - Chief, Regional Synchronisation Branch

Djibouti

January 2015 - October 2015

CO 100 Regt

February 2013 - September 2014

Army

September 2011 - February 2013

Founder and Managing Director

Southampton, United Kingdom

January 2002 - February 2013

Operational Tour

Afghanistan

January 2011 - September 2011

Staff Officer

June 2008 - December 2010

Managing Consultant

January 2002 - January 2004