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Simon has international reputations in the fields of biotechnology and software/IT. Prior to founding Ash Biotech, Simon was most recently at Cambridge Antibody Technology. He has played key roles in growing companies from millions to billions of dollars in value; and in selling, negotiating and executing deals valued up to hundreds of millions of dollars in the US and Europe. His experience spans public and privately held companies. Prior to his business career, Simon held a personal fellowship at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.
In biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, Simon has experience of all stages of drug development from research to the clinic. He has done pioneering work in antibody drug discovery and phenotype-based small molecule drug discovery. From an IT perspective, he has been responsible for IT strategy in both public and venture-capital backed companies valued from millions, through hundreds of millions, to billions of dollars. He has experience of multiple sectors spanning Enterprise and Consumer spaces. Software written either himself, or by his teams, has been licensed by organisatons throughout the US, Europe and East Asia - including Enterprise-class systems deployed in biotech and pharma companies in the US, Europe and Japan; and application software licensed by all the world's leading research institutions e.g. Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge and NASA.
In addition to his role at Ash Biotech, Simon is CEO of Psynixis.
Prior to Ash Biotech, Kevin was most recently at Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT). He joined the CAT soon after its formation in 1990, directing the company's pioneering research in the field of monoclonal antibodies. In 1997 he was appointed to the Board, where he has held the posts of Research Director and Chief Technology Officer. Kevin led both the development of CAT's leading platform technologies, and also their application to the discovery of the world's largest portfolio of human antibody drugs, including the first such drug, D2E7 (Humira™) to reach the market. He played key roles in the company's IPO, and in the negotiation of some of Europe's largest biotech alliances with US biotech and pharmaceutical companies. An internationally recognised industry leader, Kevin has served on a variety of associations and advisory bodies, and has lectured in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining CAT, Kevin held positions at the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourn, Australia. He has a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Cambridge.
In addition to his role at Ash Biotech, Kevin is a Venture Advisor at Index Ventures, one of Europe's leading venture capital groups; and is CEO of PanGenetics.
David has 25 years experience in drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry including 17 years at Glaxo. He has led teams in most phases of drug discovery and in many disease areas. An expert on high-throughput lead generation strategies, David has built highly successful screening capabilities in a number of companies and led many technology development initiatives. David has gained a strong reputation as a radically innovative problem solver, characterised by many ground-breaking ‘better, faster, cheaper' solutions. Joining Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) in 1998, he founded the primary screening and lead characterisation functions. He successfully “industrialised” CAT's antibody platform through a set of organisational, technology and automation initiatives that delivered a transforming capability; allowing thousands of targets to be addressed, and millions of antibodies to be isolated, expressed and characterised per year. David also provided the scientific leadership in applying CAT technology to the field of microarrays.