PROBIOTIX HEALTH - Key Persons


Adam Reynolds - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Chairman
  • Non - Executive Chairman of AIM
Adam began his career in the City in 1980 and in 2000 established his own PR/IR/Corporate finance firm which listed on AIM in November 2000 and was then later sold in 2004 via a reverse takeover. He was approached in 2005 to become non-executive Chairman of International Brand Licensing Plc ("IBL"). The company at this time had substantial debt and the remit was to turn it around. Following the sale of a number of global sports IP assets, IBL became a cash shell. In 2009 Adam introduced David Evans and Julian Baines, two leading diagnostic specialists in the UK, to the company and the Plc changed direction. That business is today called EKF Diagnostic Holdings Plc, and Adam remains a non-executive director and shareholder. In November 2012, Adam launched a successful agreed bid for the trading assets and business of Autoclenz Plc alongside its management team. Adam remains a director and shareholder. In addition, Adam is currently non-executive Chairman of AIM-quoted Belluscura plc, Yourgene Health Plc and MyHealthChecked Plc, and a non-executive director of Sosandar Plc.

Appleyard Lees

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Solicitors

Marco Caspani

Job Titles:
  • Independent Non - Executive Director
  • Non - Executive Director
Marco has been working in the health ingredients industry for more than 18 years. With a degree in food science, he has covered several roles in different companies until he joined Centro Sperimentale Del Latte S.R.L. in 2012, a company that has, since 1948 studied, developed and produced probiotic strains for the food and pharmaceutical Industries.

Steen Andersen - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Executive Offier
Steen is a Danish national born in 1963. He trained as a chemical engineer at the Technical University of Denmark and studied business administration at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to joining ProBiotix Health in 2023, Steen had been working in the global health and nutrition industry for almost 30 years with a focus on probiotics for the past 20 years. He is an experienced leader and industry veteran with a established track record of building businesses. During his carrier Steen has led several companies to successful exit. Steen has held a number of senior and executive positions with leading international companies as President of Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes, President and CEO of Bifodan, President and CEO of Fluxome, and Business Unit Vice President of Human Health at Chr. Hansen.

Stephen O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Non - Executive Director
Stephen trained as a microbiologist and has over 50 publications, 70 plus patents, and chapters in a number of books. Whilst a scientist by training, Stephen is at heart an entrepreneur with a track record of success in identifying opportunities, raising finance, commercialising products and taking companies to exit by IPO or trade sale. Stephen has built several businesses and was a founder of Acolyte Biomedica which he exited to 3M Healthcare in 2007 (at a 32X multiple) whereupon he became Director of Healthcare at 3M. Stephen has been a director of an investment company and is frequently asked to advise on potential investments by institutional investors. Stephen founded OptiBiotix in May 2012, SkinBiotherapeutics in 2015 (initially as a joint venture with the University of Manchester), and ProBiotix Health Limited in 2018, to commercialise opportunities in the immature but evolving microbiome field. Stephen listed OptiBiotix on AIM in August 2014 and SkinBiotherapeutics in April 2017.