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Our mission is to enable you to successfully protect and commercialise your innovations, new products and technologies, and to maximise their value.
Highbury is headed by business development specialists Christi Mitchell, Elizabeth McNabb and Anne Wight. Christi and Elizabeth are based at Highbury Ltd, our global headquarters near London, which services Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Anne is based at Highbury Pacific Ltd in Auckland, New Zealand, which services Asia and the Pacific regions.
In addition to its in-house value-creation experts, Highbury also works closely with specialist associates from a range of legal and other disciplines. This ensures that every project is supported comprehensively and effectively. In this way Highbury brings to bear all the talent and expertise required to create maximum value from your innovation.
Christi Mitchell, Intellectual Property (IP) Director, founded Highbury as an independent consultancy specialising in licensing and product development issues. Alongside overseeing the company's growth, Christi has served as President of the Licensing Executive Society Britain and Ireland, and as President, Life Sciences, Licensing Executive Society International (LESI). Christi can be contacted directly at christi@highburyltd.com.
Sharon Finch, had more than 15 years business development experience in industry before starting work as a consultant. In this capacity she has worked on an extensive range of partnering assignments for multinational, national and biotech companies. These projects have included advising on licensing, co-promotion and co-marketing deals. As well as working as an associate with Highbury, Sharon is also CEO of Medius Associates. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Dr Sheila Shilton-Brown Technical Director, has strong skills in the pharmaceutical and agrichemical fields, specialising in identifying potentially valuable products from academic research, managing development of early stage research products, licence and partnership negotiations, and, assisting start-up ventures. Her early career in the international pharmaceutical industry, with both research and development experience, was followed by 13 years at the technology transfer organisation, BTG plc in London. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Elizabeth McNabb, Global Business Director, brings her knowledge of business development and valuation skills, plus expertise in the automotive and environmental sectors, to Highbury. Elizabeth is a current member of the Licensing Executive Society and co-author of the publication Financial Terms and Royalty Rates in Pharmaceutical Deals, a report based on primary data collected straight from the dealmakers. Elizabeth can be contacted directly at elizabeth@highburyltd.com
Dr Graham Carlinjoined Highbury directly from his role as Global Collaborations Manager at GlaxoSmithKline. Graham has many years experience assessing pharmaceutical technologies and performing a technology licensing and contracts management role, including the negotiation and drafting of legal agreements. He also played a key role in the development and management of the global seed funding initiative, selecting and promoting innovative projects which had the potential to add significant value to the company. Graham also has several years experience assessing the commercial potential of intranasal and inhalation devices and associated technologies. Graham has a degree in Human Biology in which he specialised in Medical Microbiology, Medical Biochemistry and the Control of Infectious Diseases. He also has a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery, complemented by an MBA. He is a Member of the Institute of Biology and a Chartered Biologist. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Anne Wight, Business Development Director, New Zealand, has an established career in business development having worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Anne's specialty lies in assessing the value of research and taking research to the market place. Anne is especially interested in ensuring that New Zealand companies realise the full value from their inventions and is actively involved in the New Zealand Biotech community. Anne can be contacted directly at Anne@highburyltd.com
Victor Inzani, Business Development Director, New Zealand, has an established career in business development having worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Anne's specialty lies in assessing the value of research and taking research to the market place. Anne is especially interested in ensuring that New Zealand companies realise the full value from their inventions and is actively involved in the New Zealand Biotech community. Victor can be contacted directly at victor@highburyltd.com
Brendan Magee, Head of Corporate Finance, runs an accountancy practice specialising in advising aspirational business which are too small to employ their own full-time FD. He assists Highbury with valuations and related advice for client companies. As an experienced non-executive director Brendan has a particular interst in working with companies which aspire to public floatation. His work covers a range of growing companies including spin-outs from Imperial College, Bristol and Birmingham Universities. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Brian Lawrence BSc, CEng, MIET, CDipAF, Manager Environmental and Engineering Technology, Brian is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Brian joined Highbury from SMMT, having previously spent +20 years in the fuels & lubricants industry with Castrol, Shell and Infineum. He is a specialist in automotive industry liaison, with wide-ranging experience including engine test engineer, product development/product manager and innovations project management (inc. funding). As Programme Manager for SMMT Foresight Vehicle, he worked with the supply chain for hybrid and electric vehicles and the “Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technology KTN”. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Bruce Savage, after 6 years of pharmaceutical research for Roche he moved into Roche Diagnostics which started his career in the medical diagnostics business. In 2001 he started a molecular diagnostics business called Cytocell where he raised £8.0m and built up a team of 54 with sales of £1.1m. This was split up and sold off by the investors but it was the basis of a career as a serial scientific entrepreneur. He has co-founded 5 bioscience businesses covering pharmaceuticals, an analytical CRO and a number of diagnostics businesses. His particular interest is working with academics to create and finance early stage businesses. In addition he is a special professor at the University of Nottingham and honorary fellow at the Cass Business School where he lectures on commercialisation of intellectual property and on marketing of technologies. He has a certificate and diploma from the Institute of Marketing. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Roman Cholij is a registered UK and European Trade Mark and Design Attorney and runs his own practice. He is accredited before the Intellectual Property Office in the UK, the Irish Patent Office, the European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in Geneva. He is also co-chair of the Brands committee of LES Britain & Ireland and a committee member of the International Trademarks Association (INTA). He frequently lectures and has written regularly for the Journal of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys of which he is a member. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Tim Marshall is a commercial intellectual property lawyer with over 15 years of experience in private legal practice. He was previously in the IP/IT departments of City giants, Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith until July 2006 when he set up his own niche IP practice, Brandsworth, which is now the preferred IP counsel for a growing number of commercial law firms that do not have in-house IP capability. Tim has extensive experience in IP issues in corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, MBO’s, IPO’s and Joint Venture Agreements for startups, growth phase and mature businesses. Tim also has extensive experience in stand-alone non-contentious IP matters and IP disputes. Tim has a first class honours degree in molecular biology and a graduate degree in law. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Richard Malczyk has over 25 years business development experience in commercialising leading-edge innovations. Prior to moving into consultancy he was CEO of a hi-tech start-up interactive TV technology business. In his corporate career, he worked for News Corp on the rollout of Digital Satellite TV globally where he was responsible for market development and worldwide licensing of digital TV technology to broadcasters, semiconductor and consumer manufacturers. In his consultancy role he specialises in investment readiness and preparation of entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses for growth. He helps businesses obtain early stage funding (Government grants, loans, and private equity) to finance R&D projects and business development for leading-edge innovations. Services include advanced business planning, commercial market assessment, market research and marketing development to achieve superior results from innovations. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
Nick Visick is a web developer with over 15 years experience of digital graphic design and web design, specializing in company branding and bandwidth friendly web design. He has worked as a software and hardware reliability engineer for Xerox, is a contributing member of the Internet Engineering Task Force and his thesis was commended for demonstrating his own unique flavor of web design that delivers rich content to the web browser via very low bandwidth internet connections. Nick has worked to support, promote and grow hosting companies, pharmaceutical researchers and independent attorneys. He works freelance and provides a flexible, all-in-one, personal service to develop a clean and professional company image and bespoke web services with IT support. Nick can be contacted directly at nick@highburyltd.com.
Alison Riley has worked at the forefront of business transformation for over twenty years, with extensive experience in project and programme management of major technology changes. She has worked for and with both major national organisations and SMEs. Alison is highly personable, confident and competent, with excellent organisational and communication skills, enabling her to succeed in a range of roles, including consultancy, research, coaching and business development/ support roles. She is a team-player and is capable of quickly establishing effective working relationships with clients and co-workers. A recent Highbury assignment was in the automotive sector, focusing on Electric Vehicle innovations, working on regulatory and market assessments and carrying out highly productive telephone research and face-to-face direct market research. For further information contact enquiries@highburyltd.com
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