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ANGLE PLC Board Members

Garth Selvey

Garth Selvey, Chairman
Garth Selvey has a BSc in Physics and Electronics Engineering from the University of Manchester and has spent thirty six years in the computer industry with technical, product, sales and marketing roles. He became Managing Director of TIS Applications Ltd in 1984 and a main board director of TIS Ltd prior to its acquisition by Misys in 1989. He organised the management buyout of the social housing division of Misys and became Group Chief Executive of Comino Group plc when it floated on AIM in 1997. Comino moved to a full listing in 1999 where he remained until its successful public sale to Civica plc in February 2006.Garth joined ANGLE as a non-executive Director in September 2006.

Andrew Newland

Andrew Newland,Chief Executive
Andrew Newland is the founder of ANGLE and Chief Executive. He has an MA in Engineering Science from the University of Cambridge, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. After working with the engineering conglomerate, TI plc, he worked for KPMG from 1982 to 1994; from 1985 to 1987 he was based in the US as a manager providing corporate finance and business advice to high technology firms in the area around Route 128, Boston, Massachusetts. From 1987 to 1994 he worked for KPMG in the UK with responsibility for establishing KPMG's UK and European High Technology Practices and High Technology Consulting Group. Andrew founded ANGLE in 1994. Together with ANGLE's senior management team, since 1999 Andrew has founded and led eleven other technology companies in partnership with world class research organisations, both in the UK and the US. Andrew has been instrumental in developing and then delivering the business proposition for these companies, building management teams, raising finance and securing revenues.

Ian Griffiths

Ian Griffiths, Finance Director
Ian Griffiths has a BSc in Mathematics with Management Applications from Brunel University and is qualified as a chartered accountant. For seven years he worked for KPMG, initially in accountancy (1986 to 1990), then in management consulting (1990 to 1993) within KPMG's High Technology Consulting Group where he specialised in financial modelling, business planning, corporate finance, market development and strategy work. As well as leading the finance function at ANGLE, he has been closely involved with the development and delivery of the UK, US and Middle East Consulting and Management businesses and in developing new Ventures and supporting Progeny companies. After a career break he joined ANGLE in 1995.

David W Quysner

David Quysner, Non-executive Director
David Quysner has an MA from the University of Cambridge. He began his career at ICFC (now known as 3i) in 1969, where he gained experience in development and venture capital investment and corporate finance. In 1982, he joined Abingworth Management Limited, a venture capital fund management company, and became its Managing Director in 1994 and its Chairman in 2001. He was Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association in 1996/97. David is currently the Chairman of RCM Technology Trust plc and the Capital for Enterprise Board, a DTI appointment and a Director of Foresight VCT plc, Private Equity Investor plc and Prelude Trust plc. He joined ANGLE in 2004.

   
 

ANGLE Executive Management Board Members

Dr Gary Evans

Dr Gary Evans, US Chief Executive
Gary Evans has a BSc in Chemistry, a PhD in Physical Chemistry, and a Diploma in Management Science and was Visiting Professor in Innovation Management at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen from 1997 to 1999. Dr Evans undertook post-doctoral research in solid-state physics at the University of Cambridge from which he moved into the private sector, working in R&D management with Cambridge Life Sciences plc, where he was responsible for collaborative R&D, and managed a portfolio of development projects with partners which included Abbott Laboratories Inc and Ciba-Corning Diagnostics Corporation in the US and Fresenius AG in Germany. He then joined the development agency, Scottish Enterprise. Dr Evans joined ANGLE in 1997.

Dr Eulian Roberts

Dr Eulian Roberts, Middle East Chief Executive
Eulian Roberts has a BSc in Microbiology, a PhD in Molecular Biology and an MBA. He gained three years' post-doctoral experience and then joined the Scottish Development Agency (which later became Scottish Enterprise) where he was initially involved in the identification, development and delivery of a range of strategic economic development and environmental initiatives. Dr Roberts latterly had responsibility for technology development in the Lothians. He then became the chief executive of the Stirling University Innovation Park, went on to become the managing director of Coventry University Enterprises Limited and was a director of the UK Science Park Association. Dr Roberts joined ANGLE in 1998.

 

Ventures Management team

David Counts, Managing Director - US Ventures
David Counts joined ANGLE in 2005 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of SE PA, where he was Director of Life Sciences with responsibility for the Nanotechnology Institute's corporate relations. He leads ANGLE's efforts in Life Sciences and is based in Philadelphia. Dave received his PhD in Molecular Biology from the Medical College of Georgia. He has held faculty positions at Washington State University, the University of Vermont and the Gillette Research Institute.  He worked at Eli Lilly and Marion Laboratories on therapeutics and devices. He joined Curative Technologies as Director for Development. David founded a company that marketed products for skin care (Avogen). David also worked at BTG, a technology transfer organisation, as Associate Vice President for Assessment and Evaluation.