More Talent Onboard @ VER30 Jun 2015 16:50
Vernalis plc announces that Dr Ian David Gilham, aged 55, has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 July 2015. Dr Gilham will also serve as Chairman of the Company's Remuneration Committee.
Dr Gilham has international experience in the research, development and commercialisation of diagnostic and pharmaceutical products. He is Non-Executive Chairman of a number of UK and European companies including Epistem Holdings Limited, Concepta Diagnostics Limited, Horizon Discovery Group plc, Multiplicom NV, and Biosurfit SA. Dr Gilham was formerly CEO of Axis-Sheild plc, a FTSE listed global diagnostics company. He also previously worked at GlaxoSmithKline as Vice President - Pharmacogenetics and before that held international general management, marketing business development and R&D positions with Abbott Laboratories, Celltech and Amersham.