Roger Pettman is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Revolymer®. Over the last 20 years, Roger has worked with some of the world's leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies. He is both a scientist and a skilled business leader, with expertise in converting technology into revenues and shareholder value.
Roger was co-founder of ChiRex, a Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical contract developer and manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, based on technology Roger licensed from MIT, Harvard and Scripps. When acquired by Rhodia in 2000, ChiRex had approximately $150 million in revenues from more than 75 customers and had 621 employees in four facilities globally.
He subsequently held senior positions with Rhodia and Bayer before co-founding InnoTune, which specialised in the corporate and strategic turnaround of biotechnology companies, and in commercialising world class science and new technologies. Roger is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Manchester University's Centre for Excellence for Biocatalysis and a member of it’s Board of Directors.
Roger has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield and was a NATO scholar at Stanford University.
Terence Cosgrove is a Director of Revolymer® and the company's Chief Scientific Officer. Terence developed the technology which underpins Revolymer® R&D and its products in his role as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bristol.
Terence is a world expert in polymer chemistry and is fascinated by how polymers stick to surfaces. He developed the science behind removable chewing gum and the principle behind the technology can also be applied to many other markets and products. Terence is the author of over 150 papers and patents.
Robin Cridland is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Revolyme®. ®. Robin joined Revolymer® from Renovo Group where he spent seven years, most recently as Executive Director Finance and Business Development.
He was part of the management team that successfully took the company from a start-up organisation through to IPO. Robin began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, before moving on to management roles at Enskilda Securities and Glaxo SmithKline.
David Pears is Chief Technical Officer of Revolymer®. David Pears joined Revolymer® in January 2008 as Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Management Team and brings over 20 years experience to Revolymer® in polymer technologies, strategic applications and key account management. In 1985, David joined ICI which subsequently led to successful careers at Zeneca, Zeneca Specialties (Holland) and Avecia (Manchester) where he was appointed Business Research Associate and headed-up the Core Polymer Technology group.
Prior to joining Revolymer®, David was CTO and co-founder of Reaxa Ltd based in Manchester, UK. David has expertise in identifying new IP and commercialisation channels to deliver added value to the Revolymer® business. David is a graduate of Chemistry from Southampton University and has a PhD from Sheffield University.
Stephen Brooke is a non-executive Director of Revolymer®. Stephen is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Swarraton Partners. Stephen has spent his career in venture capital, working with companies across numerous industries in South Africa, the UK and US.
In recent years, he has focused on early stage technology companies spun out of universities in the US and UK, first at Columbia University Science and Technology Ventures, and then at IP Group plc, where he was Director of Business Development and on the company's main board.
Mike Townend is a non-executive Director of Revolymer®. Mike has 17 years experience in all aspects of equity capital markets and joined IP Group from Lehman Brothers where he was Managing Director, European Equities and Head of Equity Sales to Hedge Funds.
Prior to this, Mike was an Executive Director at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette where he was recruited to build up business with hedge funds. He also has a further eight years equity sales experience at Banque Paribas and BG Bank where he was Head of Equity Sales.
Jack Keenan is a non executive Director of Revolymer®.Jack has 30 years experience in the FMCG business including being the CEO of Kraft International, where he ran the Hollywood Gum franchise.
He was most recently on the boards of Body Shop and Marks and Spencer.
Simon Oliver is a non-executive Director of Revolymer®. He is the non-executive chairman of Dairy Crest Group plc and Pi Capital Limited and has a wealth of experience in the FMCG business including founding Mendip Foods Limited and chairing The Cheese Company (formerly Express Foods) MBO.
He is non-executive director of several companies and is also on the Board of the Ambassador Theatre Group.