Alastair combines world class scientific and technical knowledge with a highly commercial mindset. Alastair has been Chief Executive of Avacta since its inception in 2005 and has been responsible for the management and strategic development of the company, led the IPO and the fund raising and M&A activities of the Group, and has overseen the product development programmes. He has a degree and PhD in Physics from Manchester University and, after working in the US for a period, took up a position at Leeds University in 1995. At the age of 38 he was awarded a Chair of Molecular Biophysics and had, over ten years, grown one of the leading biophysics research groups in Europe. He left his academic career in 2007 to focus full time on delivering value to Avacta shareholders. Specialties: Innovation and commercialisation of life sciences technology, biophysics, instrumentation engineering.

Chief Executive @ Chief Executive of AIM listed biotech/medtech group. From June 2005 to Present (10 years 7 months) Professor of Molecular Biophysics @ Professor of experimental molecular biophysics From January 1995 to November 2007 (12 years 11 months)

BSc/PhD, Physics and Electronic Engineering @ The University of Manchester From 1986 to 1992 Alastair Smith is skilled in: Lifesciences, Management, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Technology Transfer, Molecular Biology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Instrumentation, Vaccines, Physics, Spectroscopy, Business Strategy, Biophysics, Product Development, Drug Development