Board Appointments

Non-Executive Chair Advisory Board Member A spin-out of Cambridge Cognition in 2021, Monument Therapeutics (Monument Tx) is an independent UK based biotech, developing products to treat serious diseases of the central nervous system. Specialists in the use of validated digital biomarkers to enable better neuroscience drug development, Monument Tx’s proprietary digital biomarkers, and novel formulations of well-characterised CNS-active small molecules, together permit rapid progress in clinical development. With fresh investment secured from a new investor and the current Chair transitioning to an Advisory role, Monument Tx’s Senior Leadership Team and Board sought to appoint a new Non-Executive Chair with international [...]

Non-Executive Chair Closed Loop Medicine is a TechBio company leveraging AI, machine learning, and personalised dosing to enhance drug development, with the aim of redefining precision medicine. The Company’s proprietary technology platform facilitates personalised drug dosing optimisation, through integration of drugs and software with patient-led digital experiences and closed loop models of care. This approach has the potential to provide bespoke universal healthcare access and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. Founded at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK in 2017, and now based in London, UK, Closed Loop Medicine (CLM) has to date raised over $37 million USD [...]

Non-Executive Chair Anaveon is a Switzerland based global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of treatments for diseases with immune system dysfunction. The company is focused on developing biologics to modulate the function of cytokines with the potential to provide substantial therapeutic benefit to cancer patients. Its vision is to develop novel immune therapies benefiting patients suffering from a wide variety of diseases with immune pathology. In 2024, Anaveon sought to succeed its long-term Non-Executive Chair with an independent US based board profile representing deep biopharmaceutical executive experience from within the oncology domain. The incoming Chair’s remit would [...]

Non-Executive Director Closed Loop Medicine is a TechBio company developing combination prescription drug plus software products, with the aim of redefining precision medicine. The Company’s proprietary technology platform facilitates personalised drug dosing optimisation, through integration of drugs and software with patient-led digital experiences and closed loop models of care. This approach has the potential to provide bespoke universal healthcare access and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. Founded at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK in 2017, and now based in London, UK, Closed Loop Medicine (CLM) has to date raised over £22 million GBP ($30 million USD) in [...]

Non-Executive Director Owlstone Medical Ltd is an award-winning and innovative growth stage global diagnostics organisation pioneering the development of a breathalyzer for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine. Founded in 2014, as a spin out of the successful Owlstone Inc. business, Owlstone Medical has a mission to save over 100,000 lives through the deployment of its clinical stage Breath Biopsy® platform for early disease detection and precision medicine. In 2021, following impressive growth, with over 170 employees and having raised almost $100m in investment, Owlstone Medical’s Board of Directors determined a strategic business need to appoint an internationally [...]

Non-Executive Directors Futura Medical PLC (“Futura” or the “Company”) is an AIM listed pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of innovative products based on its proprietary, transdermal DermaSys® drug delivery technology and currently focused on sexual health and pain. In 2021, Futura received EU regulatory approval for its breakthrough, fast acting topical gel formulation for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (“ED”) and is CE marked in Europe and the UK as a clinically proven topical treatment for adult men with erectile dysfunction known as MED3000 (Eroxon™). In addition, the remaining clinical study that the Company believes is required in order to submit MED3000 for US [...]

Non-Executive Finance Trustee LifeArc is a leading independent medical research charity that rebranded since its formation as the MRC-T over 25 years ago. LifeArc’s expertise has helped bring a number of new innovations to market including major commercialised antibody treatments such as Keytruda® (pembrolizumab). As an independent charity, LifeArc is guided and governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of leading figures from the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Charitable and Investment sector. As part of a strategic relationship, PIR International partnered with LifeArc to appoint a new Non-Executive Finance Trustee to its board. As a result of a thorough search exercise, drawing [...]