Board of Directors

Dr Marco Morelli

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Business leader with 10+ years of company management experience in healthtech and medical devices testing & certification. PhD in Applied Physics, Executive MBA.

Professor of Marine Biotechnology & Therapeutics at King’s College London. 35+ years of research and industrial experience in life science and pharma. PhD in Microbiology.

Prof Paul Long

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Prof Jude Oben

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Consultant Clinician in Gastroenterology at NHS Guy’s and St Thomas’. Professor of Hepatology at UCL. 18+ years of experience in clinical studies for obesity and liver disease. PhD in Pharmacology.

Prof Alastair Sutcliffe

Non-Executive Director

Professor of General Paediatrics at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (Cons. Paediatrician in the NHS) and FRCOG. 30+ years of experience in diseases of early life and women’s health. MD and PhD in In-Vitro-Fertilisation.

Dr Shafiq Choudhary

Non-Executive Director

Nic Careem

Non-Executive Director

Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of leadership experience in the pharma industry, founding and leading to acquisition/IPO several start-ups. PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Social entrepreneur and campaigner with extensive experience in public communication and networking, particularly for global health and positive societal changes.

Scientific Advisors

Prof Catherine Tuleu

Professor of Paediatric Pharmaceutics at University College London (UCL). 30+ years of translational research experience in pharmaceutical technology and biopharmaceutics, particularly for children’s, women's and maternal health. Founder of European Paediatric Formulation Initiative (EuPFI), she has been involved with regulators (MHRA and EMA) and WHO. PhD in Pharmacy.

Senior Research Fellow in Pharmaceutics at University College London (UCL). 15+ years of experience in paediatric formulation and excipient safety. Consultant to World Health Organisation (WHO) and BMGF. Founder of the global Paediatric Medicines Healthcare Initiative (PMHI) and Chief Scientific Officer of the European Paediatric Formulation Initiative (EuPFI). PhD in Pharmacy.

Dr Smita Salunke
Prof Sally Collins

Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Oxford. Consultant Obstetrician and Lead for Placenta Accreta at the NHS Birmingham Women's Hospital. Highly research-active in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, having authored over 150 journal articles, filed three patents and won several international research awards. PhD in Obstetric Ultrasound.