Michael Bretherton,
Non Executive Chairman
Michael Bretherton worked as an accountant and manager with Price Waterhouse for seven years in both London and the Middle East before joining The Plessey Company Plc in 1985 as a corporate financial manager. Michael was appointed finance director of the fully listed Bridgend Group Plc in 1988 where he was involved in the strategic evaluation and commercial implementation of a broad range of business initiatives over a twelve year period, including acquisitions, disposals and company restructuring. He subsequently worked at the property and services company, Mapeley Limited, as financial operations director until he was recruited to the entertainment software games developer, Lionhead Studios Limited, in 2002 where he helped to complete a venture capital syndicate funding and also a trade sale of the business to Microsoft in 2006. Michael Bretherton is currently the finance director of Ora Capital Partners Limited.
Mike Eason,
Managing Director
Mike Eason has a decade of experience in R&D management delivering innovation and leading high performance R&D teams. His experience spans from initial technology idea generation all the way through to final commercialisation and product launch. Mike worked for Unilever for 7 years and subsequently with Reckitt Benckiser for 3 years.
Philip Spinks
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Philip joined the Board on 27 February 2008. He worked as an accountant at Brooking, Knowles & Lawrence (now part of TENON Plc) and Coopers & Lybrand before joining The BOC Group Plc in 1997. In his 10 years at BOC, Philip held a number of senior finance roles in the UK and Germany, including divisional finance director and global controller after the acquisition by The Linde Group AG. He is a Chartered Accountant and associate of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Dr David Bott,
Non Executive Director
David started his career with British Petroleum and subsequently worked for Courtaulds with roles including Director of Strategic Research, Research Manager of Courtaulds Grafil and Vice President (Technology) for the Performance Films division. He then joined ICI Acrylics as Research Director before moving to National Starch & Chemical where he held the role of Vice President for Research and Development in the Speciality Synthetic Polymers Division, then moving back to ICI as a Director for Group Technology. David is presently a director of Oxford Biomaterials Limited, Apaclara Limited, Spineless Design Limited and EotR Solutions Limited. He is also Director of Innovation Programmes for the Technology Strategy Board, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. He has considerable experience of many areas of the market place which OAS is targeting, specifically adhesion, coatings, cross-linkers and composites.
Dr Mark Moloney,
Chairman
Dr Mark Moloney, one of the founders, provides technical counsel on a consultancy basis and is chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. Mark is an internationally recognised lecturer in organic chemistry at Oxford University where he was appointed in 1990, and he was promoted to Reader in Chemistry in 2006. Mark has over 115 publications, including research articles, books and patents, and has been involved in organic synthesis research for twenty-five years. His main areas of interest are the synthesis of chemical compounds with antibiotic, cytotoxic or neuroexcitatory activity; the development of new chemical methodology and the surface modification of polymers. Much of Mark's research work has been conducted in collaboration with industry, including GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Merck, Sharp and Dohme and Associated Octel.
Mike Edwards,
Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
Mike has a wealth of experience in sales, marketing and business development with major blue-chip companies in multiple technologies from semiconductors to materials. Mike worked for Toshiba Corporation in various senior EMEA roles for 15 years after a period of engineering design, and subsequently with a number of start-up companies developing, launching and growing new products in global roles. Mike holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Electronics from UWIST, Cardiff and an MBA. His experience in Corporate and start-up companies ensures that our engagements with our customers are insightful and beneficial to both parties.