Neil Clark

Biography

Neil qualified as an accountant with PWC in Cambridge, UK and worked for over ten years on a variety of local, national and international assignments in audit, corporate finance and consultancy. In 1997, Neil joined CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc, a venture capital backed private UK biotech company. He was involved in the flotation of CeNeS in 1999 in London and appointed CFO. In 2001 he became COO as well as CFO, overseeing a restructuring of the business. He became CEO in 2005 and led the company through to its sale in 2008. At CeNeS he was involved in several licensing deals, fund raisings and corporate transactions including the acquisition and disposal of several businesses. Neil joined Ergomed as Chief Finance Officer in January 2009 and was CFO on its IPO in July 2014 until his move to be full time CEO of PrimeVigilance (Ergomed’s successful drug safety business) in January 2016 having been closely involved in the management of PrimeVigilance since its formation in 2009. Neil has been working with Destiny Pharma on a consultancy basis since September 2016 and was appointed to the Board in January 2017. Neil is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a BSc in Bioscience from the University of Nottingham.

Research Interest

Neil qualified as an accountant with PWC in Cambridge, UK and worked for over ten years on a variety of local, national and international assignments in audit, corporate finance and consultancy. In 1997, Neil joined CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc, a venture capital backed private UK biotech company. He was involved in the flotation of CeNeS in 1999 in London and appointed CFO. In 2001 he became COO as well as CFO, overseeing a restructuring of the business. He became CEO in 2005 and led the company through to its sale in 2008. At CeNeS he was involved in several licensing deals, fund raisings and corporate transactions including the acquisition and disposal of several businesses. Neil joined Ergomed as Chief Finance Officer in January 2009 and was CFO on its IPO in July 2014 until his move to be full time CEO of PrimeVigilance (Ergomed’s successful drug safety business) in January 2016 having been closely involved in the management of PrimeVigilance since its formation in 2009. Neil has been working with Destiny Pharma on a consultancy basis since September 2016 and was appointed to the Board in January 2017. Neil is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a BSc in Bioscience from the University of Nottingham.