RE: Chief Business Officer11 Aug 2023 08:31
Avacta appoints Shaun Chilton as Non-executive Director…
Why has Shaun Chilton who is one of the most connected individuals in BP circles moved to little Avacta.
AS and EF have negotiated deals in the past and have steered Avacta to where they are now, but they are sitting on the Holy Grail in the Pre/ Cision platform and need to step up to the next level.
Avacta appointing a Chief Business Officer is such a positive statement.
£280k for a small Bio is a lot of money but the top negotiators in the industry would be on a lot more than this.
Avacta could offer shares as extra to this salary to make up the difference.
But how do you convince the new Chief Business Officer that the shares would be worth it for them,without showing the data in an interview.
This is where my hunch comes in….
Shaun Chilton’s right hand man and main negotiator at clinigen group plc James Dewis.
Has Shaun convinced him to move to Avacta
Shaun appointment was RNS’s on 19th June so plenty of time to put the Chief Business Officer position in place.
Just a hunch watch this space
GLA….,
James Dewis - Director, Cell Therapy Business & Alliance Management
James has worked in the Clinigen business for 15 years, moving from the United Kingdom to the United States in 2008 to establish the local clinical trial business. After a decade in clinical trials services, James worked in the unlicensed medicine business, as well as in corporate development, where he worked on market development and the acquisition and integration of CSM and Proleukin® (aldesleukin).
Today James works in the commercial medicines business, overseeing Clinigen activities in cell therapy. This is central to Clinigen's ongoing partnerships to explore use of interleukin-2 (IL-2) with pharmaceutical companies, academic investigators, and researchers to ensure they can access the only IL-2 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a human medicine. Clinigen also partners with scientific and medical communities that are investigating Proleukin across a wide variety of indications, regimens, and therapeutic approaches.