OBN Announces Major Appointments to Strengthen its Board and Operations Team

OBN Announces Major Appointments toOBN Announces Major Appointments to Strengthen its Board and Operations Team PR Newswire OXFORD, England, February 13, 2014 OBN announces today that industry professionals Denise Goode and Sally Waterman have been appointed to its Board of Directors. Professor Chris Hawes will step down to take up a role on the OBN Advisory Group. The OBN commercial and BioTrinity teams have been strengthened with several new staff members. OBN Board of Directors Denise Goode, Executive Business Development Director, currently on garden leave from AstraZeneca's Business Development team, brings extensive financial, commercial and industry dealmaking experience. A chartered accountant and biologist by training, Denise joined AstraZeneca in 1994. Since then, Denise has worked in a broad portfolio of strategic and finance roles, and brings over a decade of both buy- and sell-side business development transaction expertise. Sally Waterman has held R&D leadership and operational roles in a wide range of biopharmaceuticals companies, including Protherics, KS Biomedix and Vernalis since 1995, prior to which she had a career in regulatory affairs in big pharma and the service sector. She joined PolyTherics as COO in 2009 and is currently Senior VP Corporate Development. Sally has been involved in several M&A transactions and has considerable experience of integrating businesses.