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Simon Ward

Director, Medicines Discovery Institute

Simon Ward is currently the Sêr Cymru Professor in Translational Drug Discovery and Director of the Medicines Institute at Cardiff University.

Simon has a wide-ranging experience from over 25 years of drug discovery in senior roles in major pharmaceutical companies, biotech & academia (GlaxoSmithKline, BioCrea, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Vernalis, Chiroscience, University of Sussex, Cardiff University). He has led multidisciplinary project teams for a wide range of diseases. Within academia, he has successfully secured over £50M funding to lead a portfolio of drug discovery and clinical development projects. He also has considerable experience of commercial deal making and has multiple additional roles in biotech companies.

Simon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is an internationally recognised expert in medicinal chemistry leading to many external roles on scientific advisory boards, charity and government funding panels and scientific societies.

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Anand Jain

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Fabrice Chartier

Chief Executive Officer

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Mark Trus

Chief Financial Officer

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Aize Smink

Chief Operating Officer

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Ceri Edwards

Managing Director, Clinical Pharmacology

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Nikola Strumberger

Chief Commercial Officer

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Anita Cooper

Non-Executive Director

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Adam Richardson

Non-Executive Director

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