People

Neville is a financial director and certified practising accountant. After 12 years at KPMG, he has specialised in providing strategic consultancy and financial leadership to companies during times of growth and change, this has included support for a portfolio of...

Maddy brings extensive experience in strategic development, financial modelling, and funding within the life sciences sector. In addition to CFO roles at CFO4Growth and within pharma and medtech organisations, she has also provided interim support for a number of early-stage...

As Professor in Microbiology at the University of Nottingham, Prof Rees leads research into the applications of bacteriophage against cattle pathogens Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) and Mycobacterium bovis (bovine TB). This work led to the creation of the Actiphage diagnostic...

Berwyn is a specialist in personalized medicine, companion diagnostics and the application of novel diagnostics both to central laboratory and point-of-care utilities. He has worked in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry for over 30 years occupying senior management positions and...

Jonnie joined PBD Biotech as its Commercial Director in 2020 and has held a number of commercial roles in other industries. He ran a farm in North Devon and as a dairy farmer he understands the challenges of the industry...

Geoff has a significant track record in diagnostic manufacturing and joined PBD Biotech to oversee the scale-up of Actiphage from a research to a commercial environment. Geoff has an impressive track-record of building start-ups to become market leaders in their...

Ben is currently a Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Resistance at the Royal Veterinary College. His work, in collaboration with Cath Rees led to the creation of the Actiphage diagnostic. He continues to be involved in developing rapid detection methods for...