On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
Sygnature Discovery, the Nottingham drug discovery firm, has appointed Dr Bill Marathias as vice president of business development for the US to help the company’s international growth plans.
Marathias has 18 years’ experience working in scientific and business development roles at Pfizer as a senior principle scientist, at Agilent Technologies as a senior applications scientist in sales and marketing, head of biophysics at Beryllium Discovery Corporation and as a national director of business development at ChemPartner USA.
He said: “I am proud to join Sygnature Discovery, particularly at such an exciting time in their business expansion plans. Sygnature is a highly respected research organization with a breadth of capability supported by substantial experience and truly integrated drug discovery services, which is rare in many contract research companies.”
He continued: “by establishing a strong USA market presence and by working closely with the Sygnature team in the UK, we will provide outstanding vaule to our USA clients research efforts.”
Steve Dean
Leicester multi-channel automotive video software company VehicleVision has appointed former Lookers franchise director Steve Dean as managing director.
Welcoming Dean to the role, VehicleVision director Aidan Rooney said: “I am delighted that Steve is joining VehicleVision at an exciting time in our development. Steve brings a wealth of ambition, experience and insight in the fast-moving automotive sector which will be invaluable as we seek to build on our success and build on our strong customer base in the UK, Europe and Asia.”
“VehicleVision is an ambitious, innovative company which boasts advanced video technology solutions to support manufacturers, dealers and customers,” said Dean.
He added: “I have long admired the product and capability of VehicleVision and I’m excited to be working with a new management team which is committed to growth in a very exciting technology environment.”
