KEAPSTONE - Key Persons

Arthur Roach

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research at Parkinson 's UK
Arthur Roach is Director of Research at Parkinson's UK. Before joining Parkinson's UK Arthur held several academic and industrial positions, most recently as Senior Director, Neurodegenerative Diseases Research at Merck Serono. He is also a founder and Head of the SAB of the Swiss-based biotech Chord Therapeutics.

Dr Richard Mead

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Associate Professor
Richard Mead is a Senior Lecturer (associate professor) at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience. He has extensive experience in preclinical drug discovery in academia and industry with a track record of taking compounds through preclinical programs to nomination for clinical development. He has previously identified an electrophilic Nrf2 activator which obtained orphan designation with the EMA for MND. He is a named inventor on 38 patents in 5 families, has authored 20 scientific publications and raised funding of £9M as primary investigator and founder.

Pamela Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Head of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Pamela Shaw is the Vice President and Head of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Sheffield and Director of the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). She is also Director of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Translational Neuroscience for Chronic Neurological Disorders. Professor Shaw is a clinician scientist and world leading expert on mechanisms and treatment of motor neuron disease. She has published over 425 papers and has an H Index of 88.

Ross McMaster - Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Company Secretary
  • Financial Consultant at Sheffield University Enterprises Ltd
Ross McMaster is financial consultant at Sheffield University Enterprises Ltd (Suel). A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with a BA [Hons] in Accounting and Business, Ross specialises in the provision of management accounting services, strategic and business planning, financial forecasting and statutory accounts preparation for SMEs. During his time at Suel, Ross has been involved in a variety of fundraising transactions for private limited companies. He also provides corporate governance guidance whilst holding the position of company secretary to a number of companies spun out from the University of Sheffield.