Matthew Segall PhD
Director and CEO
Matt has a Master of Science in computation from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge. As Associate Director at Camitro (UK), ArQule Inc. and then Inpharmatica, he led a team developing predictive ADME models and state-of-the-art intuitive decision-support and visualization tools for drug discovery. In January 2006, he became responsible for management of Inpharmatica's ADME business, including experimental ADME services and the StarDrop software platform. Following acquisition of Inpharmatica, Matt became Senior Director responsible for BioFocus DPI's ADMET division and in 2009 led a management buyout of the StarDrop business to found Optibrium.
Edmund Champness BSc
Director and CSO
After graduating with a degree in Mathematics in 1995 Ed joined GlaxoWellcome working as part of a pioneering team building predictive pharmaceutical tools. He developed the first graphical user-interfaces for working with predictive models which were adopted globally within GlaxoWellcome. He was a core member of the team which established the UK operation of Camitro in 2001 and remained with that company (now operating within BioFocus DPI following merger and acquisition) until 2008. During this time he designed and built the StarDrop software and, in 2009, co-founded Optibrium.
Nick Boyes PhD
Non-executive Director
Nick Boyes graduated as a Pharmacist from the University of Toronto before obtaining a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of London. He held senior positions in drug discovery, clinical research and marketing with Astra Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the United States and Europe for 18 years until 1985, after which he founded the UK drug development company, Innovata (now part of Vectura PLC). He was a director of ML Laboratories PLC from 1993 until 2005 and has been a director of two other UK public companies.
