Leadership Team

Chris Grimes

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Grimes is a commercial manager and has a wealth of experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Chris gained vast experience managing and launching pharmaceutical products within global markets and delivering technology transfer projects on multiple product ranges. Previously Chris has worked for UCB Pharma Ltd within their Commercial Business, becoming Business Unit Manager of the Global Minijet Franchise. Chris now provides commercial oversight and strategic guidance to support the future growth of Veriton Pharma.

Dr. Hannah Aiken

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr Hannah Aiken joined Veriton Pharma in 2013 as a highly skilled pharmaceutical product development expert. After completing her PhD at Kings College London, Hannah joined MedPharm where she gained extensive product development and analytical experience through the development of a variety of dosage forms. Hannah has developed projects at all stages, from proof of concept through to robust commercial products, including products which have subsequently been awarded a Marketing Authorisation. Hannah is listed as an inventor on a number of patents and has published numerous papers. At Veriton Pharma, Hannah was promoted to Head of Product Development and Medical Services in 2017 and then most recently to Chief Scientific Officer in 2018.

Sindy Martino

General Manager Australia and New Zealand

Sindy has extensive sales and marketing experience with leading top-performing teams and developing and launching new products.

Sindy’s previous employment experience within the pharmaceutical industry includes GlaxoSmithKline, Orphan Australia and CSL Limited.

David Hutchinson

Head of Business Development

David has an extensive understanding of the UK and European pharmaceutical environments.

David brings strong commercial and market access capabilities, driving performance of both established products and new to market product launches.

Previous experience includes Solvay Healthcare and UCB.

Brin Sawdon

Head of Finance, Business Intelligence and IT

Brin is a chartered accountant with a particular focus on private equity backed companies. He has worked across a breadth of industries both as an audit manager at PwC and subsequently managing finance teams in fast-growth companies in the hospitality and care sectors.

Brin joined Veriton in 2021 with a focus on leveraging financial data to implement modern control and reporting processes, and to support the rest of the leadership team in planning and delivering the company’s growth plans.

Natasha Duffy

Head of Supply Chain

Solutions-orientated Supply Chain professional with a track record of successfully delivering large scale transformation and improvement projects.

Natasha holds a Lean Black Belt Certification and gained experience with Penn Pharmaceuticals, Honeywell Aerospace and Wacker Neuson.

Emeel Sefean

General Manager MEA

Emeel has 20 years of global Sales & Marketing medical and pharmaceutical experiences at senior level with strong strategic and commercial orientation with strengths in leadership, team building, business development and launching new products.

Emeel has gained his experience through working at major healthcare companies such as Novartis, Johnson and Johnson Medical.

Emeel Joined Veriton Pharma in 2011 in the role of Regional Sales Manager before being promoted to be General Manager Middle East and Africa based in Dubai.

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