Our Team

  • Prof. Sterghios A. Moschos FRSC FIBMS

    Chief Executive Officer

    22 years in industry (Pfizer) and academia (National Heart & Lung Institute; Northumbria University); biomarker discovery for respiratory disease; design & development of in vitro diagnostics & point-of-need devices.

  • Prof. Sir Peter Barnes FRS FMedSci

    NED Clinical Research

    Highest-cited respiratory clinician for the past 20 years, co-author of GINA (asthma) & GOLD (COPD) clinical guidelines, & exhaled breath research guidelines.

  • Mark Sanders

    NED Commercial & Manufacturing

    Pharmaceutical and medical device professional with 40+ years of experience, delivering 17 respiratory medical devices from concept to market entry, including 6 to the US clinical market. He led a UK respiratory device company, holds 11 patents in the field, and is an expert in inhalation device history. Pursuing a part-time PhD at the University of Hertfordshire.

  • Dr Huw A. Edwards

    NED Communications & Marketing

    30+ years global experience in emerging diagnostic technologies; CEO and Chairman experience in life-science companies; founding CEO of the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA).

  • Dr Peter Hotten

    NED IP & Licensing

    25+ years business management experience, with CEO, Board and non-executive roles including Oxford Gene Technologies and PloughShare; skilled IP strategist & commercial negotiator.

  • David Pope

    Chief Financial Officer

    University of Durham MBA, Chartered Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute, ex Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking team which specialised in listing and trading small companies on the London Stock Exchange. Experienced in early stage, high growth companies creating value for investors and management of finances. Treasurer of a local charity and chairman of local tennis club.

  • Malcolm Armstrong

    Chief Operating Officer

    25+ years’ experience in Medical Device and In-Vitro Diagnostic global arena (Johnson & Johnson and early-stage developers), covering product lifecycle management with a manufacturing, quality/regulatory and engineering leadership slant coupled with a focus on continuous improvement.

  • Saqib Ali

    Industrial Designer

    6 year experience in product design and development, across multiple industries including medical microfluidics, packaging, and user experience. Specialist in rapid prototyping technologies.

  • Dr Bethany Orme

    Senior Engineer (Physics)

    8 years experience as an experimental Physicist with specialisms in surface coatings, fluids and sensing technologies.

  • Esther Smith

    Lab Technician

    Medical microbiology PhD candidate with previous experience at a COVID-19 Lighthouse Laboratory during the pandemic.