Dr. Dale Charlton, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
Dale is a life-long professional in the life sciences, for the diagnostics & pharma industry for almost 40yrs, from academic research and assay development in drug discovery to commercial management positions in automation & machine Fill / Finish supply industries.
- 17yrs hands-on scientific biochemistry research experience in biopharma drug discovery and production
- From Lab Technician to Laboratory Manager
- 20yrs in commercial product and production automation industrialisation from Product Sales Manager to the C-Suite
- PhD in Applied Biochemistry with Pfizer Drug Discovery / University of Nottingham, UK
- Numerous scientific journal and conference publications
- Led several life science products from bench development to market launch
- Developed numerous world firsts in lab automation applications and products
- International experience in M&A and Turnaround situations
- Entrepreneur and start-up of several consultancy and small companies
Dale is particularly passionate about education and mentoring younger scientists and engineers and spent nearly 20yrs as a part-time Biochemistry Consultant to the Open University in the UK,
“I consider it a privilege to give back some of what I have learnt from my experiences as a life scientist and business professional to the next generation of upcoming professionals” which includes hands-on scientific research experience with the:
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - Heidelberg, DE,
- Centre for Applied Microbial Research (CAMR) - Porton Down, UK,
- European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC) - Porton Down, UK,
- Pittman-Moore Europe Vaccines Ltd, Harefield UK (formerly Glaxo Vaccines Ltd),
- Pfizer Drug Discovery Group - Sandwich, Kent / Applied Biochemistry Dept, U of Nottingham
Oksana Krumina-Charlton, MA – Board Member
Oksana is the beating heart of the company and is a professionally trained, multi-lingual, Project Manager and Company Secretary for more than 20 years, from running her father’s international Import / Export legal business for more than 10yrs to Customer Services Manager of one of the largest Supply Chain Shipping and Logistics companies in the world, supporting over $2billion of trade through the office. So, your project and customer support are in safe hands.
- MA in Law - Latvian University, Riga.
- Company Secretary and PA for more than 10yrs (International Supply Chain)
- Baltic States Customer Services Manager for Singapore-based Global Shipping & Logistics Company for more than 10years
- Language Teacher (English, Russian)
- Commissioned Portrait and Still Life Artist