Medilink EM Directors

Keith Widdowson,

Chairman

Keith has lived and managed regional pharmaceutical businesses in South Africa, Australia and also Asia Pacific from Singapore. Prior to that, he managed global pharmaceutical exports for Fisons from the UK. More recently, he has worked for 3i providing industry expertise for life science investments in Europe. Keith is now involved in pharmaceutical business consultancy and funding, as well as business mentoring.

Stefan Ogrodzinski

Stefan Ogrodzinski received his BSc (Hons) in Toxicology and Pharmacology from The School of Pharmacy, University of London, in 1987 and his MBA
from De Montfort University in 1999.
           Stefan's career has spanned the pharmaceutical industry, the healthcare, voluntary and educational sectors. In 2000, Stefan founded Biostatus and since that time has led the company as its CEO.
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Glenn Crocker

Glenn has a first degree in Genetics from The University of Nottingham and a D.Phil in Immunology from Oxford University. Following a period of post-doctoral research, Glenn joined Ernst & Young and qualified as a chartered accountant. He then spent several years in Palo Alto, Ca. as part of Ernst & Young’s biotech practice working with companies at varying stages of development. Since June 2003, Glenn has been Chief Executive of BioCity Nottingham Ltd.

Yvonne Barnett

Yvonne has a Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Science and PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics. She is Pro Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement and Enterprise and Head of The College of Science at Nottingham Trent University. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed research papers and has long standing collaborations with Centres of Excellence worldwide. She represents NTU primarily in the area of technology and knowledge transfer (enterprise), on a number of regional and national bodies.

Ian Macdonald

Ian has B.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in Physiology from the University of London. He joined the University of Nottingham in 1977, was appointed Professor in 1991 and was Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences from 1997-2002. He is now Director of Research for the Faculty of Medicine. He is joint Editor of the International Journal of Obesity,  a civilian advisor on nutrition to the UK Ministry of Defence, a member of the Food Standards Agency’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, and President of the (UK) Nutrition Society.

Faz Chowdhury

Faz is CEO of Nemaura Pharma Limited. He originally trained as a pharmaceutical scientist, and subsequently completed a Masters in Microsystems and Nanotechnology at Cranfield University , and undertook Doctoral Research at the University of Oxford on nano-drug delivery. His experience in the Pharma Industry spans product development, manufacturing, technical and corporate management. He has numerous patents in the field of drug delivery devices  and formulations.

Steve Clark

Steve has been the Sales & Marketing Manager of Hospital Aids, Northampton since 2002, following a 25 year career in the Financial Services sector, which included Directorships of TSB Bank & FG Watts (FS) Ltd. He helped steer Hospital Aids from a small UK based medical & health/safety devices manufacturer towards International recognition, with an emphasis on new & innovative product design. Having personally benefitted from Medilink’s support, he is keen to promote the networking opportunities & benefits available.