London, UK – 30 September 2008:
Bio Nano Consulting (BNC), the specialist
bionanotechnology product development consultancy, has appointed Mike Fisher PhD
as Business Development Director and to manage a major new UK Government
contract. Until recently Dr Fisher was with UKTI in Boston, USA as the British
Government’s North American advisor on life sciences.
A medicinal chemist with over ten years postdoctoral experience in research, project
management and consulting, Dr Fisher helped develop the biotech cluster in the
Northwest of England and became a founder of the Northwest Genetics Knowledge
Park. He has extensive experience with internationalising biotech companies and has
helped a number of biotechs win business and develop partnerships overseas.
Commenting on the appointment, BNC’s CEO, Dr David Sarphie said; “Since our launch
last year, BNC has won a number of high value contracts to develop bionanotech
solutions for a variety of organisations. This exciting period of growth meant that we
needed someone with the right blend of scientific knowledge, product development
experience and commercial know-how, to manage programmes and expand our new
business opportunities. Mike is the perfect fit.”
Editors’ notes
About Bio Nano Consulting:
The BNC is a specialist research and development consultancy operating in the convergent field of
bionanotechnology. A joint venture of Imperial College London and University College London, the BNC is
funded through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) with additional support from the London Development
Agency (LDA).
Along with its partner organisation, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the BNC offers a service to the
biomedical and healthcare industries in microsystems and nanotechnology. This encompasses design, 3-D
modelling and visualisation, rapid prototyping, and characterisation.