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Jeremy has 25 years blue chip R&D and manufacturing experience starting with Glaxo. He was Technical Director at Biocompatibles before becoming R&D Director for Smiths Medical International for 11 years. He has a PhD in cancer research and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry with over 30 patents and publications. Jeremy has launched over 75 new products in his career and during his time with Smiths Medical evaluated countless prospective products and technologies as part of the Smiths Group investment strategy. He led product and process design and re-engineering and throughout his career has delivered new innovative products to meet developing market demand.

David is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 20 years medical device new product development experience matched with extensive project management expertise. He worked for Jeremy as R&D Manager at Smiths Medical for 11 years where he was responsible for a design and development team of 18 people. David has taken in excess of 35 products from R&D through to product launch. He is highly attuned to the requirements set out in the medical device regulatory framework which enables the Company to supply CE, UL and FDA registered devices into the market.

Ernst is a seasoned sales, marketing and distribution manager with 30 years experience in managing pharmaceutical and medical device products. Having originally studied Economics and Marketing in Frankfurt he went on to work with Abbott and BOC Health Care before becoming the Managing Director at ATS Medizintechnik which sold blood management and infusion therapy products. In his career Ernst has developed an extensive pan-European network, whilst taking a hands on approach with the product, and in training and supporting new distributors.