On the move: the latest East Midlands hires

Sygnature Discovery, the Nottingham supplier of drug discovery resources, has appointed Dr Ed Browne as associate director of DMPK.

Browne is an experienced drug discovery scientist who has worked at GSK, Singapore for the last ten years as head of the Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics team (DMPK).

He said: “I have been really impressed by the integrated set-up at Sygnature Discovery. I’m used to this approach, having worked for the past 10 years in a small group of 60 scientists across DMPK, Chemistry and Biology at GSK in Singapore. It is a very similar environment at Sygnature Discovery, but with larger teams of scientists here.”

He continued: “The executive team at Sygnature Discovery are very enthusiastic about their business model, which involves the cross-sharing of information, creating dynamism across all capabilities, speeding up problem solving and efficiency.”

Family law specialist Natalie Potter has become one of just a handful of lawyers to gain accreditation to a group of solicitors who can handle matters relating to children.

Potter, who heads up the Family team at Fidler & Pepper Solicitors, is now a member of the Law Society’s Children’s Panel, and can support children, and adults whose children are at risk or have been taken into care.

Natalie Potter

Accreditation is the quality mark for legal professionals working in child-related law and is only available to solicitors and legal executives who can demonstrate that they “possess superior experience, knowledge and best practice in legal matters relating to children”.

Potter said: “When it comes to matters involving families and children, not only is the law often quite complex, it also demands a certain approach from professionals.

“I am delighted that I have been able to demonstrate I have the knowledge, skills and experience required in order to gain accreditation. It will help to give further confidence to clients that we really do work to very high standards.”