 Dr Stuart Hendry, CEO, Director
Dr Hendry has 20 years experience in the medical device industry, having held positions at Pfizer Hospital Products, Diametrics Inc, PowderJect plc and the Generics Group plc. He has been involved in the commercialisation of numerous medical devices, many in the area of clinical monitoring and diagnostics. He is on the board of ERBI Ltd and Chairman of the Medilink Steering Group, a member of the CBI SME Council and member of the Healthcare KTN Steering Group.
 Mr Mark Bampton, Quality Manager
Mr Bampton has a long history in product development, working in all areas from concept generation right through to transfer into manufacturing. This most recently included 14 years experience in the healthcare industry, holding positions at Bespak.
 Dr Barry Brewster, Product Development Manager
Dr. Brewster is responsible for Sphere's product development activities. Prior to joining Sphere he worked at Unipath Ltd where he gained 10 year's experience of the IVD industry both as a project leader and as a product development manager
 Mr Chris Charalambous, Programme Manager
Mr Charalambous has 18 years experience in the medical device industry working for MediSense Inc and Abbott Laboratories. He has worked in R&D, Quality Control, Manufacturing and Regulatory Affairs, predominantly as a Project or Programme Manager.
 Ms. Mary Hutchens, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Ms. Hutchens has been in regulatory affairs for over 15 years and has worked for BP, Aventis, and Unipath. She has extensive experience in a range of international regulatory regimes and interaction with competent authorities.
 Mrs JJ Ketchen, Office Manager
Mrs Ketchen is responsible for Sphere's Administration, Human Resources and Health and Safety. She joined Sphere following an assignment with the Generics Group (now Sagentia). Prior to this she worked at Reuters, principally as a Software Development Project Manager, for 23 years.
 Dr Peter Laitenberger, VP Research
Dr Laitenberger is responsible for Spheres research activities. He has extensive experience in micro- and nanotechnology. Prior to joining Sphere, he held positions at the University of Birmingham, Scientific Generics and Oxford Instruments.
 Dr Ann Simon, Chief Financial Officer
Dr Simon has worked in finance, particularly in the healthcare and technology sectors, since 1985. She has been CFO of Genosis PLC, finance director of Mirada Solutions, NextGen Sciences, e-San and Bioglan Pharma, prior to which she was at Cazenove & Co.
 Mr Chris Townsend, VP Operations
Mr Townsend has 18 years experience in the medical device industry working for Allergan Hydron, Pfizer Hospital Products, Ocular Sciences and Innovata. He has worked extensively in the transfer of products from R&D into manufacture and subsequent automation.
 Dr Gavin Troughton, VP Business Development
Dr Troughton has over 15 years experience in the development and commercial exploitation of chemical sensors and related technologies. He worked for a number of years at Zellweger Analytics and at Scientific Generics, where he worked in their Business Innovation practice.
 Dr Ben Wicks, Business Development Manager
Dr Wicks has 10 years of industry experience in medical devices and diagnostics. He has worked extensively within Johnson & Johnson on medical device innovation, development and technology strategy as a consultant, prior to which he worked in diagnostics R&D and product management for Celsis.
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