Meet The Team
ApconiX was founded in 2015 by co-Directors Prof Ruth Roberts, Dr Richard Knight and Dr Michael Morton as a new approach to providing world-class nonclinical safety expertise to biotech, biopharma and academia.
Our Company Directors
Ruth Roberts
Co-founder and Director - Safety Science
Michael Morton
Co-founder and Director - Ion Channel Lab
Richard Knight
Co-founder and Director - Project Toxicology
Our Team Leaders
Laurence Bishop
Head of Business Development & Deputy Director
Pauline Garner
Project Discipline Lead - Project Management
James Sidaway
Head of Safety Science
Our Team Members
Duncan Armstrong
Safety Science
Peter Ballard
DMPK
Jane Barber
Project Toxicology
Laurence Bishop
Head of Business Development & Deputy Director
Michelle Blissett
Safety Science
Paul Carter
Project Toxicology
Tanya Coleman
DMPK
Nicholas Coltman
Safety Science
Peter Cotton
Project Toxicology
Simon Craige
Project Toxicology
Marie Cumberbatch
Project Toxicology
Björn Dahl
Project Toxicology
Damian Deavall
Project Toxicology
Hannah Dixon
Data Science Lead
Paul Duffy
Project Toxicology
Steffen Ernst
Project Toxicology
Zara Farooq
Safety Science
Karen Featherstone
Safety Science
Jessica Ferguson
Safety Science
Pauline Garner
Project Discipline Lead - Project Management
Helen Garside
Safety Science
Peggy Guzzie-Peck
Project Toxicology
Scott Hackford
Project Toxicology
Sean Hammond
Safety Science & Project Toxicology
Kemal Haque
Project Toxicology
Guy Healing
Project Toxicology
William Humfrey
Safety Science
Kerry Illston
Project Management
Hannah Jennings
Ion Channel Lab
Emily Johnson
Ion Channel Lab
David Jones
Project Toxicology
Karen Jones
Ion Channel Lab
Joanne Kilgour
Project Toxicology
Dr Olga King
Project Toxicology
Richard Knight
Co-founder and Director - Project Toxicology
Louisa Lake
Finance
Magali-Anne Maizieres
Ion Channel Lab
Donna Martin
Finance
Aina Mogas Barcons
Safety Science
Michael Morton
Co-founder and Director - Ion Channel Lab
Dr Katie Newman
Ion Channel Lab
William O’Brien
Finance
Stacey Owen
Project Management & Business Development
Ken Page
Project Toxicology
Sarah Pass
DMPK
Haroon Rashid
Project Toxicology
Sean Redmond
Project Toxicology
Ruth Roberts
Co-founder and Director - Safety Science
Kimberly Rockley
Ion Channel Lab
Claire Sadler
Project Toxicology & Safety Science
Amy Shepherd
Project Management
James Sidaway
Head of Safety Science
Phumzile Sikakana
Safety Science
Ian Slater
Project Toxicology
Jane Stewart
Project Toxicology
Angela Stokes
Project Toxicology
Lindsey Talecki
Safety Science
Susan Tantawi
Project Toxicology
Craig Thomas
Project Toxicology
Sophia Tomlinson
Ion Channel Lab
Olivia Turner
Business Development
Abigail Walker
Safety Science
Charlotte Warrender
Facility Management
Joanne Wilson
Project Management
Andrew Winkley
Project Toxicology
Josh Wright
Business Development
Dr Louisa Zolkiewski
Ion Channel Lab
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