 David Willetts, Chairman
David has been Member of Parliament for Havant since 1992. He worked as an official in HM Treasury and the No. 10 Policy Unit. He was Paymaster General in the last Conservative Government. He is Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He is also Economic Adviser to Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a member of the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He has also been the Chairman of Retirement Security Limited and served on the Board of companies linked to the venture capital company, Electra.
 Dr Graham Cooley, CEO
Before joining Sensortec and Universal Sensors Graham was the founding CEO of Metalysis Ltd a spin out of Cambridge University and the founding CEO of Antenova Ltd. Graham spent 11 years in the power industry developing superconductors, conducting polymers, fuel cells, batteries and energy storage technologies. He was Business Development Manager for National Power PLC and International Power PLC and developed Regenesys which was acquired by RWE from Innogy.
Graham specialises in setting up companies, managing intellectual property and technology development. He has a Degree in Physics, PhD in Materials Technology and an MBA.
 Dr. Duncan Purvis, Technical and Business Development Manager
Duncan was a senior consultant at Scientific Generics in the Life Science Group for 10 years. Duncan was contracted to assist Sensortec with the development and commercialisation of their technology early 2000. He eventually joined Universal Sensors in September 2003.
His expertise covers a wide range of disciplines covering the interface of biology physics and engineering. Development of emerging medical diagnostic technologies, such as Lab-on-a-chip and various biosensors and analysis of their potential markets. He has also been involved with electrobiology including inter alia electrical DNA denaturation technology, dielectrophoresis (DEP) and travelling wave field migration (TWFM).
 Dr. Olga Leonardova, Project Co-ordinator
Olga started her career as a chemist at the prestigious Russian Flight Research Institute and later joined one of the biggest biotech companies in Russia working as Head of the Diagnostic Department developing and commercialising the first Russian ELISA kits for HIV. Before joining Universal Sensors she worked for a Canadian pharmaceutical company assisting in technology transfer and industrial scale up of contractual drug manufacturing.
Olga is one of the original authors of the technology and has been with Universal Sensors from day one.
Olga has a wealth of experience and a comprehensive understanding of all parts of sensor technology combined with extensive experience in development of various types of assays and practical knowledge of GMP/GLP.
 Dr Peter Swarbrick, Product Manager
Peter is a Biotechnology Manager with over 14 years experience working with early stage Biotech companies, focusing on developing and commercialising novel technologies. After receiving a PhD in Immunogenetics from Otago University, New Zealand, he set up a commercial DNA Parentage Testing system for valuable livestock. He then helped develop and manage Incyte Pharmaceuticals high throughput Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) discovery system. More recently, at SmartBead Technologies, he led the development of a novel automated microparticle based multiplexed assay system for use in clinical diagnosis of AutoImmune disease.
 Dr Ian Beech, Senior Assay Development Scientist
Ian is a molecular biologist with 10 years of laboratory experience who joined Universal Sensors in 2008. Previously he has worked at the Health Protection Agency in the development of vaccines against tuberculosis and bacterial meningitis, gaining experience of laboratory management up to ACDP level 3 . Ian has spent the last 3 years in assay development in the private sector where he managed projects concerned with heart disease, multiple myeloma and celiac disease.
 Vicki Cook, Research Assistant
Vicki has recently graduated with Masters Degree in Chemistry, which included extensive laboratory work and research projects. Since joining Universal Sensors, Vicki has been able to apply these skills and develop a working knowledge of sensor and assay technology. Vicki is currently working on the development of the sensor printing process.
 Sara Holden, Research Assistant
Sara has 25 years experience working in accredited analytical laboratories to GLP/GMP standards taking part in QM/QC trials. She has worked in the food, water and dairy industries using technologies such as ELISA, PCR, SPR and IPC. Prior to that she conducted research in food immunoassay with a focusing on wheat quality. Sara is a graduate of the open university.
 Olga Szymczykowska, Research Assistant
 Vanessa Batchelor, Administrative Assistant
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