Team

Meet the Team

Physiomics’ team comprises passionate specialists with deep expertise in quantitative pharmacology, mathematical modelling, and biostatistics.

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Mr Michael Whitlow
Executive Director

Mr Michael Whitlow is an entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years’ experience across small-cap and early-stage companies in multiple sectors and jurisdictions.

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Mr Nicholas Tulloch
Non-Executive Chair

Mr Nicholas Tulloch has advised companies on the UK capital markets for over 20 years, working for several well-known investment banks and stockbrokers, including Cazenove, Arbuthnot and Cenkos.

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Dr Peter Sargent
Chief Executive Officer

Dr Peter Sargent brings over 18 years of experience working within the life sciences sector, with extensive commercial, scientific and operational expertise across drug and diagnostic development.

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Mr Ian Bagnall
Finance Director & Company Secretary

Mr Ian Bagnall is a Chartered Accountant with over three decades of experience across corporate finance, operational leadership and investment management. He also holds a BSc in Biochemistry and Physiology.

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Hayley Close
Head of Business Development

Hayley Close joins Physiomics with 5 years of business development experience.

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Jesse Thissen
Head of Biometrics

Jesse Thissen is an experienced statistician with a background in large pharma (AstraZeneca) as well as Biotech, FMCG and CRO companies.

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Dr Frances Brightman
Quantitative Pharmacology Lead

Frances Brightman is a model-informed drug-development specialist, with 25 years of experience.

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Dr Léa Sta
Senior Quantitative Pharmacology Scientist

Léa Sta is an applied mathematician with experience in cell signalling and receptor-ligand models.

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Dr Ghaith Aljayyoussi
Senior Quantitative Pharmacology Scientist

Ghaith is a pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) modelling specialist with experience in both industry and academic environments.

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Dr Malek Hajjawi
Quantitative Pharmacology Scientist

Malek Hajjawi brings expertise in pharmacometrics, population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling, and model-informed drug development.

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Charmaine Fraser
Office Manager

Charmaine Fraser brings with her a wealth of Administrative and Managerial experience.

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Dr Hitesh Mistry
Principal Consultant, Clinical Modelling

Dr Hitesh Mistry, is a modelling and simulation specialist within the pharmaceutical industry.

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Dr Claire Villette
Consultant, Modelling and Simulation

Dr Claire Villette is a biomedical computational scientist with 9 years of experience.

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Dr Christophe Chassagnole
Consultant & Advisor

Dr Christophe Chassagnole has led systems biology and bio-computing projects for over 20 years.

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