Management
Chairman/CEOPeter MCGUINNESS
peter.mcguinness@abbeymedlimited.com
Peter is the CEO at ABBEY MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED and has spent over fifteen years as a top scientific advisor in the pharmaceutical industry. With a strong passion for medical research and exploring new medical frontiers, he is regarded as a research guru and a health services financier. In the course of his work in the pharmaceutical industry, Peter has held, various positions on national and international scientific advisory boards.
He founded ABBEY MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED in 2010 to focus fully on his private enterprise concentrating solely on the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s) for the treatment of neurological/cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Bell’s Palsy, Parkinson’s disease, etc; which majorly affects the aged and elderly.
Chief Operations OfficerARTHUR RUSSEL
arthur.russel@abbeymedlimited.com
Arthur is in charge of ABBEY MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED commercial operations in the UK and entire Eurozone. He is responsible for executing and leading strategies to optimize company and asset growth and for directing and coordinating the daily operations at our manufacturing plant(s). He supports production teams in developing efficiency strategies to ensure our production plant meets production goals and standards at minimal manufacturing costs.
Arthur enriches the board with over 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical operations and production technology optimization. He is a certified operations specialist and key lead for capital projects and production technology optimization. He sits on the board of ABBEY MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED (Europe) limited as the Director of operations.
Director - Innovation & Value CreationKATHRYN BECKFORD
kathryn.beckford@abbeymedlimited.com
Kathryn has spent the last 14 years working across a number of senior roles in the pharmaceutical industry, both in the UK and internationally, including as Chief Economist at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and Senior Director and as Head of International Affairs at Pfizer.
Prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry, Kathryn worked as a government economist. She was a Senior Economist at the UK government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). As a Government official, she held a number of posts at the DTI, Cabinet Office, and the European Commission. She is the key commercial contact for clients and all our capital projects.
Director of Finance & AdministrationMICHAEL PETERSON
michael.peterson@abbeymedlimited.com
Michael began his career at Coopers and Lybrand. He provides strategic leadership, management of the organization and the provision of oversight and support to the Operations and Finance staff. He is also responsible for the oversight and management of various project functions and services, including operations planning and management; contracts management, procurements; project administration; logistics and ensuring compliance with all necessary industry regulations. He provides administrative supervision to all operations and finance staff and oversee performance management.
He brings on board over 25 years of finance experience including over 17 years within the pharmaceutical industry at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough. He joined ABBEY MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED from Alexion Pharmaceuticals where he held position as an Executive Director, Finance for North & latin American Regions, providing financial leadership, strategy and investment planning for the regions including launching two simultaneous Orphan Drugs in the US.
Michael’s finance roles have spans various areas including strategic planning and analysis at the Corporate, Commercial and R&D levels, financial restructuring and M&A, handling international transactions.
Michael possesses strong foundation in financial accounting and internal controls.
He’s an alumnus of Stanford University’s School of Business where he earned Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy amongst other international qualifications. He is also a Certified chartered and public accountant.
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