RE: Alastair Smith as NED8 Jan 2025 11:36
Dr Alastair Smith will always be a polarising character. He had a cult following during covid, supported by several well known cheerleaders, which led to a surge in retail investors buying shares in AVCT. Many have unfortunately not received a positive return on that as yet (remains to be seen if they will for others).
I have been an investor of AVCT since before most, 2009 to be precise, so I have experienced a long tenure of Dr Smith with AVCT.
I believe this is an exceptional appointment for N4P and together with the recent appointment of Dr Palfreyman as non-exec, gives me real hope that N4P will actually materialise into something, with commercial partnerships and most importantly allow shareholders a return on investment.
It should not be forgotten, that before the covid hysteria, Dr Smith achieved commercial agreements with Daewong and LG Chem Life Sciences for the Affirmer platform. These continue to be revenue generating, with milestone payments and AVCT retaining a significant holding in the JV with Daewong. These sort of arrangements would be exactly what N4P should be aspiring for.