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Bill Mason heads the EU operation for Sage Group, as Executive
Director of Sage Healthcare Ltd based in Cambridge and London.
Bill
Mason gained his doctorate in life sciences from Trinity College,
Cambridge, in the UK. Prior to his successful business career,
he led an academic programme of medical research focused on
the use of cell and molecular biology, medical imaging and
high throughput screening. He has over 150 publications and
has lectured widely around the world. He is the founder of
several successful high technology companies. One of these,
Life Science Resources, was sold to Perkin Elmer Life Sciences
PLC, and was engaged in medical imaging, high throughput screening, proteomics
and drug discovery.
He
has worked with a number of healthcare, life science, medtech and biotech
companies to develop their strategic direction, realise funding,
gain value for shareholders and implement business development,
commercialisation and licensing activity. In this capacity,
he has conducted over 50 transactions in the last five years.
Dr.
Mason is a member of the 3i PLC Independent Directors Programme
and also acts as a non-executive Chairman or Director for
a portfolio of quoted and unquoted life science companies.
He is Senior Independent Director and Chairs the Audit Committe on the Board of Amarin plc, a pharmaceutical
neuroscience and cardiovascular company listed on the NASDAQ exchange in the USA. He was a
founding Advisory Board Member of the Cambridge Gateway Fund,
and works with them and other venture capital institutions
in guiding early stage companies through growth and on to
realising value for shareholders.
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Contact Details
UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 844128
US Tel: +1 (908) 2319644 Ext 705
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 847871
Mobile: +44 (0)7785 950134
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