Shield Therapeutics appoints finance chief

pharmafile | May 16, 2011 | Appointment | Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing 

Swiss specialty pharma company Shield Therapeutics has appointed Richard Jones to the newly-created role of chief financial officer.

He has more than 12 years of corporate finance and broking experience and was most recently director and head of healthcare at Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking. 

Richard has been working closely with Shield’s management team as a non-executive director and member of the company’s board since early 2010, having previously been retained as an advisor to the management team since 2008.

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Shield’s chief executive Carl Sterritt said: “We are delighted to welcome Richard to Shield’s management team at this important time in the Company’s development.  Richard brings to Shield significant investment banking and strategic financial management experience, with a strong commercial focus.

“We look forward to him quickly becoming a pivotal member of our highly experienced team as we prepare to initiate late-stage clinical trials for ST10-021, our lead product for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia.”

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