Nigel Sheail
Non-Executive Director
Healthcare
vernalis
United Kingdom
Biography
Nigel Sheail was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 3 August 2011. Nigel is Head of Business Development and Licensing for Novartis. Prior to this he was Head of Business Development and Licensing at Bayer Healthcare and before that Head of Group M&A at Roche and Head of Licensing for their Pharma division. Nigel has been responsible for a broad range of deals from research and technology collaborations through to commercial product opportunities. Academically trained as a molecular biologist, Nigel is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has held a number of functions within the Pharmaceutical industry with Bayer, Roche and GSK.
Research Interest
. Nigel has also worked as the global controller for research and was finance director responsible for the establishment of Roche’s operations in China which included five joint venture operating companies and a holding company. Nigel was the founding treasurer of the Swiss Pharma Licensing Group.
