Trevor Nicholls Chairman

Trevor is a Company Director with 25 years experience of building international businesses in the life science industry, with a focus on genomics, in major pharma, biotech and academic clients. He also has broad experience of initiating change and restructuring organisations, ranging from start-ups to FTSE 100/Nasdaq quoted companies. Currently, he is Chief Executive Officer of CABI, a not-for-profit inter-governmental organisation owned by 46 member countries worldwide.

Prior to his current role, he was Chief Commercial Officer for Affymetrix Inc with accountability for Global Operations, covering Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Manufacturing, delivering $330 million revenue with 600 staff across 8 locations worldwide. Prior to this, he was founder CEO of Oxagen Ltd where he raised a total of £50 million over 3 venture-backed financing rounds and secured commercial partnerships in addition to academic collaborations. Prior to Oxagen, he was Commercial Director of the Life Science Business of Amersham International (now part of GE Healthcare), leading 340 commercial staff with a turnover of £150 million worldwide. He was also part of corporate teams implementing acquisitions and strategic partnerships. He has also worked as a consultant with McKinsey and Company Inc. and in Marketing with Unilever.