Archimedes

Archimedes Senior Management Team

A wide spectrum of knowledge, experience and know-how.

Archimedes’ experienced management team has a proven track record in building and growing profitable European specialty pharmaceutical businesses and has extensive operational, marketing and financial experience across the international pharmaceutical industry.

Tim Watts.
Interim Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Tim has been with Archimedes since July 2007 and was appointed Interim Chief Operating Officer in December 2009. He has 17 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry at AstraZeneca. Between 2001 and 2006, Tim was AstraZeneca’s Group Financial Controller during which time he oversaw the transition to IFRS and the compliance requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley. Whilst at AstraZeneca Tim had previously been Finance VP to the International Sales and Marketing Organisation, Global Finance Director for Zeneca Pharmaceuticals and had also been Regional Director for the Nordic Markets.

Michael Clark.
Chief Commercial Officer.
Michael established the first marketing team at Shire Pharmaceuticals having joined the company as a start up in 1992. By 2000, Shire had become the UK’s number one specialty pharmaceutical business by turnover. In 2001 Michael moved into the International group as Marketing Director, International where he was responsible for successfully implementing Shire’s first European marketing and business development strategies. Michael’s additional responsibilities saw him lead the team providing input into Shire’s R & D group on behalf of the European and Asia Pacific operations. Michael is a pharmacologist who started his career in research before moving into sales and marketing roles with Wyeth UK.

Charles Marchetti.
Group Corporate Development Director.
Charles is a Chartered Accountant who started his career at PWC followed by several Europe wide Finance Director roles in consumer products before moving into Healthcare with SmithKline Beecham, Scholl Plc and Shire. Within his remit in these roles, he has had Supply Chain, IT, Legal and HR responsibilities. In addition he has also been Regional Director for businesses in Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Southern Europe as well as holding Managing Director roles in Italy and in Greece.

Alan Smith, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research & Development.
Alan Smith is a pharmacist who started his industrial career in research at Glaxo before moving into R&D at Boots Pharmaceuticals in 1979 where he was responsible for all aspects of development in bringing candidate drugs into clinical trials. He joined West Pharmaceutical Services in 1998 to take charge of Development in the UK, becoming Vice President of Research & Development in 2002 and joining Archimedes in the same role following their acquisition of West’s drug delivery business in 2005.