Annual Report and Accounts 2006 - Optos

Board of Directors
Dr John Malcolm Padfield (59)
Non-Executive Chairman
John Padfield joined the Company as a non-executive Director in November
2005 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in January 2006. Dr Padfield has
been an executive Director and non-executive Director of a number of public
and private companies in Europe, the United States and Japan, and is currently
Chairman of NextPharma Technologies Holdings Ltd, Cambridge Laboratories
Ltd and The WellChild Trust. From 1999 to 2002, he was Chief Executive Officer
of Amersham Health and a Director of Amersham plc, and from 1994 to 1999
he was Chief Executive Officer of Chiroscience Group plc. His experience
includes 28 years’ working in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic
imaging industries, including Glaxo Manufacturing Services between 1990 and
1994 and Glaxo Group Research between 1979 and 1990. Dr Padfield holds a
Doctor of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of
Nottingham.
Douglas Crombie Anderson (55)
Executive Director
Douglas Anderson founded the Company in 1992 and is an executive Director.
Mr Anderson is the Chairman of Crombie Anderson Associates Ltd., a multidisciplinary
design consulting firm specialising in technology-based product
development, and is the former Director of Creos International plc. He has held
previous positions with Fortronic Limited and Aberglen Industrial Design, a
division of Aberglen Holdings Limited. Mr Anderson holds a Higher National
Diploma in Industrial Design (Engineering) from Napier University in Edinburgh
and is a member of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
(ARVO), Bethesda.
Allan Mark Watson (39)
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Allan Watson is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Mr Watson joined
the Company in December 2003 and is responsible for the overall financial
management and direction of the Company. Between late 2000 and 2003, Mr
Watson was part of the senior management team at uDate.com Inc, a US publicly
listed internet business. Between 1998 and 2000, Mr Watson was a member of
the corporate finance team at Williams Holdings plc, working on transactions in
Europe, North America, South America and in Africa. Previously, between 1990
and 1998, he was with Reckitt & Colman plc in various financial roles throughout
the UK and in France. Mr Watson is a professionally qualified accountant, member
of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and also holds an
honours B.Sc. in Pharmacy from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
Ian Herbert Stevens (43)
Executive Director and General Manager North America
Ian Stevens joined the Company in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer and Director
of Operations, before his appointment as General Manager of Optos Inc. North
America, where he has responsibility for the United States and Canada. Mr
Stevens began his career as an accountant to the Queen’s Flight of Aircraft in the
UK. In 1991, Mr Stevens then joined KPMG in the UK before being transferred to
the Czech Republic in 1995 as a Manager in Corporate Finance. He later returned
to the UK and worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Edinburgh in a similar
role. Mr Stevens holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of
Edinburgh and is a professionally qualified accountant.
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