Kathy Gibson joins as Innovation Advisor 

Accomplished healthcare industry executive Kathy Gibson has joined our team as Innovation Advisor and will be involved in delivering more ideas into our portfolio process. She has over 25 years of experience spanning the pharmaceutical and digital information services industries. Most recently, Kathy served as Chief Innovation Officer for CAS having previously spent 13 years at Pfizer tackling some of the toughest industry challenges in the areas of R&D productivity, business efficiency, change management and innovation. In addition to her work in innovation, Kathy is devoted to coaching and mentoring women.

Dr Paul Denny-Gouldson to help drive digital life sciences/health collaboration

A former Pistoia Alliance board member, Dr Paul Denny-Gouldson, has joined us as a consultant to help drive forwards our endeavors in ‘digital’. With digital medicine/health/life sciences set to impact healthcare and play a growing role in transforming lives, Paul is helping to identify new and existing members who want to collaborate and innovative at the interface of science, technology and patient health. Paul has a track record in drug discovery and development having held a number of senior positions at global software provider IDBS. He is a chemist by training and has a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and GPCRs.

Tanya Randall to lead communications

Tanya Randall has joined us as Communications Lead and is our central point of contact for our communications strategy and campaign development. She has over 25 years’ experience in communications and marketing gained working with organisations in technology and life sciences. She started her career in high-tech PR and has been a Director and Founder at several leading global agencies. She has a BSc in Biological Sciences.