|
| |
Upfront Chromatography Appoints VP Sales and Marketing - Søren Pedersen to
lead worldwide sales and marketing of RhobustTM
Copenhagen, 10th March 2008 – Upfront Chromatography A/S, the world’s leading
provider of customised industrial-scale separation services, today announced the
appointment of Søren Pedersen as Vice President Sales and Marketing, with
immediate effect.
Søren has been recruited to lead the global expansion of sales and marketing
activities, with a particular focus on North America, as Upfront continues to
develop new markets for its innovative Rhobust™ processing platform. He will
also lead the Company’s programme to develop and launch the world's first fully
disposable chromatography system for biopharmaceutical production.
Søren joins Upfront with significant global sales and marketing experience.
Previously, at Superfos Pharma Pack, he was Sales Manager responsible for the
Americas, and at Novozymes he held positions as Global Marketing Manager Food
and Nutrition and Senior Strategic Account Manager.
Søren has an M.Sc. International Technology Management, Aalborg University, a
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Marketing Management) from
Copenhagen Business Scholl, and an Executive MBA from AVT.
“We are delighted with the appointment of Søren to lead the expansion of
Upfront’s sales and marketing”, commented Mike Bennett, CEO of Upfront. “This is
a very exciting period for the Company as we are undergoing significant growth
due to the success of our systems in a wide range of industrial settings.
Søren’s extensive knowledge and experience in North America will be invaluable
to us”.
For a high resolution image of Søren Pedersen, please contact Ben Routley
--ENDS -
About Upfront Chromatography:
Upfront Chromatography A/S develops and manufactures innovative products and
technologies for isolation and recovery of biotherapeutics and functional
biomolecules directly from bioreactors and industrial side-streams.
For customised separation services, Upfront offers access to its proprietary
Rhobust™, universal process platform combined with extensive technical and
regulatory support. From a feasibility study to commissioning of the final
installation, Upfront works with its customers to develop adsorbents, ligand
chemistry, columns and other hardware to optimise process performance. Upfront
are currently developing the world's largest chromatography system.
Upfront focuses in two major application areas: Bioprocess offers a novel
solution to customers who need to recover and purify monoclonal antibodies,
therapeutic proteins and other biomolecules from blood plasma or bioreactors,
under cGMP-compliant conditions. Biomine enables the isolation of high-value
functional proteins and other biomolecules from bioreactors or industrial
process side-streams for use as food ingredients, industrial enzymes,
nutraceuticals and healthcare products.
Upfront’s research, development and ISO9001-compliant manufacturing facility is
situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. Please visit: www.upfront-dk.com
For further information, please contact:
At Upfront Chromatography:
Natalya Clark, Business Development Manager
Nac@upfront-dk.com
T: + 45 39 27 37 63
At College Hill:
Ben Routley, Account Manager
ben.routley@collegehill.com
T: +44 (0) 1260 296500
Rebecca Walker, Account Executive
rebecca.walker@collegehill.com
T: +44 (0)20 7866 7866
| |
|
