Proteome Sciences plc announced the appointment of Dr. Ursula Ney as a Non-executive Director of the company, with immediate effect, replacing Professor William Dawson who is standing down after providing 20 years of valuable service to the company. Dr. Ney has over 30 years experience in the pharmaceuticals industry, this includes 20 years in leadership roles in the biotech sector. She has worked with many of the major US pharma companies and has a range of skills including product development, business development, partnering and M&A. Dr. Ney has worked for both public and private companies including Celltech, Roche, Sandoz and as Chief Operating Officer of Antisoma plc.

She is currently a Non-executive Director of Discuva. As announced with the interim results on 25 July, and following the resignation of Geoff Ellis as Finance Director and Company Secretary, the company now announced that Stefan Fuhrmann has been appointed Interim Finance Director. Mr. Fuhrmann has strong financial and management reporting skills and qualified as an accountant in the UK.

Victoria Birse has been appointed Company Secretary, having joined Proteome Sciences in March 2015.