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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Veterinary space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Nick Bolas
Founder & Director of Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging
Nick Bolas is the Founder and Director at Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging Ltd.
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About Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging: Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging is a global leader in innovative diagnostic imaging.
Berwyn Clarke
Non Executive Director of PBD Biotech
Berwyn is an experienced senior manager in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry. In 2005 he founded a new diagnostics company in the UK, Lab21 Limited, prior to establishing network of diagnostics industry interests in 2013. He is currently Chairman of NALIA Systems Ltd and PBD Biotech Ltd and non-executive director at Protein Logic. He is currently also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Cardiff University and is a senior advisor to the Welsh Government Life Sciences sector.
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About Glyconics, PBD Biotech: PBD Biotech specialises in novel phage-based diagnostics for the veterinary, agriculture and human health sectors
Ben Swift
Director of Research and Development of PBD Biotech
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About PBD Biotech: PBD Biotech specialises in novel phage-based diagnostics for the veterinary, agriculture and human health sectors
Mark Davies
Senior Director, Head of Digital and Multi Channel Marketing (International) of Zoetis
Mark has extensive experience in developing and executing successful digital business strategies in start-up, SME and Large Corporate environments.He was a Founder and Sales & Marketing Director of u-rooms ltd in 2009, prior to that he was the e-commerce and new media manager for FTSE 250 UNITE Group, a provider of student accommodation.
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About Zoetis: Zoetis is committed to research, combining to help protect the health of pets and farm animals and the productivity.
Andrew Hall-Ponselè
Founder and Director of Operations of Biotangents
Andy designed the Leapfrog Assembly™ technology upon which Biotangents was founded and led the successful project to apply it to the biosynthesis of high-value terpenoids. He now leads operations at Biotangents and is part of an ambitious team that has secured and fulfilled multiple contracts to perform DNA manipulation work for industrial and academic customers. Andy has been involved in synthetic biology since 2008 when, as a student under Professor Chris French, he led the University of Edinburgh iGEM team to a gold medal. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he used metabolic engineering approaches to provide new insights into the control of metabolism in plants. On his return to Edinburgh, Andy worked as a Senior Scientist in a University of Edinburgh-based start-up, delivering collaborative projects as varied as synthetic promoter design and polysaccharide biosynthesis.
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About Biotangents: Biotangents develop pen-side diagnostic devices to detect infectious diseases in livestock quickly.
Lina Gasiūnaitė
Founder and Director of Science of Biotangents
As the Director of Science at Biotangents, Lina is leading delivery of Moduleic Sensing™ for the diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock. Lina completed her undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology at Vilnius University and holds an MSc in Biotechnology from the University of Edinburgh. As part of her dissertation, she incorporated standardisation into a proprietary combinatorial DNA assembly technology, making it compatible with the widely used BioBrick™ standard. Lina also acted as an advisor to the University of Edinburgh’s 2013 gold medal-winning iGEM team. After graduation, Lina continued to work in DNA manipulation and metabolic engineering of bacteria, delivering varied projects with local SMEs and multinational partners.
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About Biotangents: Biotangents develop pen-side diagnostic devices to detect infectious diseases in livestock quickly.
