Liz Shanahan is a life sciences entrepreneur with extensive experience advising leading global pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations on their communications. Most recently, she was a NonExecutive Director of UDG Healthcare plc, a company that was listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 up until its 2.8 billion takeover in August 2021. Until 2014, she was Global Head of Healthcare & Lifesciences at the NYSE-listed management consultancy, FTI Consulting Inc., which in 2007 acquired the communications business Sante Communications, founded by Liz in 1995. Liz is a Trustee of CW, the charitable arm of Chelsea & Westminster Foundation Trust Hospital in London and a member of the organisations Innovations Advisory Board.

Alongside her Board appointments, she is a business advisor and Executive coach.

Chris Meredith joined AMS as Group Commercial Director in July 2005 following a successful 18-year career in international healthcare sales, marketing and business development. His experience covered business-to-business contract manufacturing, product development and clinical research, as well as branded product sales all within the medical device, pharmaceutical or consumer healthcare markets. Chris has previously held senior positions at Smiths Industries, Cardinal Health, Banner Pharmacaps, and Aster Cephac. He was appointed Managing Director of Advanced Woundcare in February 2008, became Chief Operating Officer in January 2010 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in January 2011.

Grahame Cook has 18 years of experience in investment banking focusing on global equity capital markets and M&A and corporate advisory services. He was a Managing Director at UBS and joint Chief Executive of Panmure Gordon. He advised the London Stock Exchange on the creation of TechMark, the specialist segment of the Main Market focusing on innovative technology and healthcare companies. He has experience in the healthcare sector, most recently as Chair of Sinclair Pharma plc and as NonExecutive Director of Morphogenesis Inc. and Horizon Discovery plc. He has also held Board positions in a number of other companies including MDY Healthcare plc and Crawford Healthcare.

He holds a double first-class degree from Oxford University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Douglas Le Fort is a seasoned veteran in the medical and life science industry, with more than 20 years of senior executive leadership. He has expertise in business strategy, including commercial business execution, operational management and M&A. Most recently, he was CEO of MedTrade Products, a woundcare products business, and prior to that served in various senior executive roles at ConvaTec Group plc, including five years on the Executive Committee for the Group. At ConvaTec he was Senior Vice President for Corporate Development, and prior to that Vice President and General Manager with P&L responsibility for the global Ostomy business.

He has an MBA from Henley Management College and is a Chartered Management Accountant.