Avacta Group Plc making 'excellent progress' on lead programmes - Alastair Smith Chief Executive Officer, Avacta Group plc. 00:00:00
He has a degree and PhD in Physics from Manchester University and, following a period of working in the US, 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, grew one of the leading biophysics research groups in Europe before he left his academic career in 2007 to focus full time on delivering value to Avacta shareholders.