May 22, 2013 5:58 PM ET
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Company Overview of Excalibur Fund Managers Limited
Executive Profile
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Background
Sir Richard Sykes, Ph.D. serves as Chairman of NetScientific Limited. Sir Sykes serves as a Scientific Advisor at Excalibur Fund Managers Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. He serves as Non- Executive Chairman at Omnicyte Limited. Sir Sykes served as Chief Executive and Chairman of Glaxo Wellcome plc from 1995 to 2000. He served as the Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive at Glaxo plc. He served as the Group
... Research and Development Director at Glaxo plc and the Chairman and Chief Executive at Glaxo Group Research Limited. He serves as Chairman of MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd. He serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Medeus UK Limited. He served as Chairman of the Board of GlaxoSmithKline plc until 2002 and Directorate of Health and Social Care for London. Sir Sykes joined Glaxo Research Limited in 1972 as the Head of the Antibiotic Research Unit. He served as an Executive Chairman of the Board of Toumaz Limited from November 2008 to May 2012. He is a Member of the International Advisory Panel of Temasek. He serves as also the Chairman of the International Advisory Board of A*STAR Biomedical Research Council, Singapore and a Director of EDB Investments Pte Ltd. He serves as an Advisory Board Member of Siemens Holdings Plc and Virgin Group Ltd. Sir Sykes served as Vice Chairman of Lonza Group AG from April 2005 to April 9, 2013 and its Director from March 26, 2003 to April 9, 2013. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Healthcare Advisory Group of APAX, and a Non-Executive Director of Abraxis BioScience Inc. He has been a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Eurasia Natural Resources Group since December 12, 2007. Sir Sykes served as a Director of Bio*One Capital. He served as the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of ENRC. He served as Senior Independent Director of Rio Tinto Plc from 1997 to 2002. He serves as the Independent Chairman of Investment Committee of Deepbridge Innovation Fund. Sir Sykes is the Chairman of the UK Stem Cell Foundation, CATALYST, London's Council for the Advancement of Science and Industry, WHO International Advisory Board, and oversees the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. He is the Chairman of Council of The Royal Institution of Great Britain. Sir Sykes serves as the Chairman of Singapore Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council. He serves as a Trustee of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a Council member of the International Advisory Council of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), a Trustee of Marlborough College, and the Chairman of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC Ltd). Sir Sykes was the Chairman of NHS London from December 2008 to 2010. He was a Rector of Imperial College, London from 2000 to 2008. From 1983 to 1986, he was the Vice President of Infectious and Metabolic Diseases at the Squibb Institute. He became a Director of Microbiology in 1979 and an Associate Director of the Institute. He is a Fellow of Imperial College School of Medicine, King’s College London, a Fleming Fellow at Lincoln College, an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Cardiff, and the University of Central Lancashire. Sir Sykes is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal College of Pathologists, and Royal College of Physicians. He serves on a number of scientific, higher education, and government committees. Sir Sykes served as a Board Member of Higher Education Funding Council for England. He received his knighthood in the 1994 New Year Honours list for services to the pharmaceutical industry. He was awarded Honorary Citizenship of Singapore in 2004 for his contribution to the development of the country’s biomedical sciences industry. He holds a number of degrees and awards from institutions both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Sir Sykes holds a Ph.D. in Microbial Biochemistry from Bristol University, was awarded a first class honors degree in Microbiology from Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, and holds a D.Sc. degree from the University of London.
Corporate Headquarters
Berkeley Square House London, Greater London W1J 6BD
United Kingdom
Phone: 44 20 7887 7642 Fax: 44 20 7887 7650
Board Members Memberships
Director Former Non-Executive Chairman Member of the International Advisory Panel Former Chairman Former Executive Chairman Chairman of Council Director Director Chairman of International Advisory Board Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, Senior Independent Director, and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee Chief Executive and Chairman Chairman Former Chairman of the Board Chairman Board Member Chairman Former Director Non-Executive Chairman 1997-2008 Former Senior Independent Director and Member of Nominations Committee 1997-2002 Former Non Executive Director 2003-2013 Former Vice Chairman and Chairman of Nomination & Compensation Committee 2005-2008 Former Senior Non Executive Director, Chairman of Remuneration Committee, Member of Nominations Committee and Director of Rio Tinto PLC 2006-2007 Former Independent Director 2007-2011 Former Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, Chairman of Remuneration Committee, Member of Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and Member of Nomination Committee 2007-Present Chairman 2007-Present Non-Executive Director
Education
Unknown/Other Education University Of London Doctorate University Of London PhD University of Bristol
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