Oxitec Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom. As of September 8, 2015, Oxitec Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation.
http://www.oxitec.com/who-we-are/our-team/
Hadyn Parry, Chief Executive Officer
Hadyn has an extensive background in the Life Science sector. During his fifteen-year career at Zeneca/Syngenta he held various positions, including General Manager of Zeneca Plant Sciences and European Director and Global Head of R&D for Advanta, one of the world’s largest seed companies. More recently he was CEO of MNL Pharmaceuticals, a company that was focused on pioneering a novel approach in immunology. Hadyn is also Chairman of Help For Heroes, a charity founded in 2007 to support wounded British soldiers.
Simon Warner, Chief Scientific Officer
Simon has eighteen years of global commercial experience in biotechnology R&D in various roles at Syngenta in the United Kingdom and the United States, leading collaborative programs and delivering biotechnology products in crops for feed and fuel. Additionally, whilst at Syngenta he also worked as the R&D lead on technology acquisition on various agreements. Immediately prior to joining Oxitec, he was Senior Director of Research and Development Programs at Sapphire Energy, a start-up making algae based fuel, based in San Diego, California. Simon has a BSc in biochemistry from UCL and PhD in plant molecular biology from the University of Leicester.
Bill Fleming, Chief Financial Officer
Bill joins us from Bayer Healthcare having held senior finance positions in Europe and the USA. He has a law degree from Cambridge University and is a qualified ACMA. Previously, Bill served as European Finance Director for Visible Genetics, a pioneering company in the field of nucleic acid diagnostics.
Camilla Beech, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Camilla has extensive international experience in the regulation of biotechnology products and crops. She obtained commercial food approval in the UK for the first GM crop in Europe, and obtained registrations for numerous biotechnology crops in Africa, Asia and the Americas. She advised the Humanitarian Board for Golden Rice on regulatory matters (1997 to 2004), and was a member of both US (BIO) and European Inter-industry groups (EUROPABIO) on The Cartagena Biosafety Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity and Plant made Pharmaceuticals. Her most recent post was International Regulatory Manager for Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., based in San Diego, California.
Glen Slade, Head of Business Development
Glen has worked in agribusiness since 1998 when he joined Zeneca Agrochemicals as Head of Strategy. There he championed the role of biotechnology in integrated crop solutions, leading to the merger that formed Syngenta. He then worked in independent consulting roles addressing high profile marketing and strategy projects for Syngenta, Arysta and other agribusiness firms. In parallel to this work, Glen set up and ran two IT-related companies. He has a degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Insead.