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Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman
Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9078Z Feedback PLC 01 June 2016 \n\n1 June 2016\n \nFeedback plc\n(\"Feedback\" or the \"Company\")\nAppointment of Non-Executive Chairman\n \nFeedback plc (AIM: FDBK), the medical imaging software company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Alastair Riddell as Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Dr Riddell succeeds Tom Charlton, who becomes Deputy Chairman and who will step down from the board at the conclusion of the AGM which is likely to be held in November 2016.\n \nDr Riddell, 67, has over 30 years' experience in the pharmaceutical, life science and biotech industries, with 18 years as a main board director. After 10 years directing phases 1-4 clinical trials of antibiotics, oncology and intensive care products for companies including Lederle (now Pfizer) and Centocor (now J&J), he spent five years managing sales and marketing for oncology and imaging products for Amersham International (now GE Healthcare). This led to 12 years as CEO for three UK biotech companies, Pharmagene, Paradigm Therapeutics and Stem Cell Sciences; in these roles he was the principal involved in an IPO on UK's main list, trade sales to international companies in Japan and the USA and significant fund raising rounds. He has been Chairman of Silence Therapeutics (AIM listed) and Chairman of Definigen Ltd, a private Cambridge University spinout. He is currently on the Board of three biotechnology companies; AzurRx Biotherapeutics, a private New York based drug development company; Cristal Therapeutics, a Netherlands based company specialising in nanoparticle medicines; and Skyline Vet Pharma, a US based private company repurposing human drugs for use in companion animals. He is also Chairman of the SWAHSN (South West Academic Health Science Network), which seeks to improve and sustain the healthcare provision in the south-west of England by linking innovation from industry, academia and the NHS.\n \nDr Alastair Riddell commented: \"I am very pleased to be joining Feedback as it positions itself for growth in the critical market of diagnostic imaging. Its early product in image software analysis is gaining traction in assisting in the interpretation of cancer deposits in lungs. The technology lends itself to other disease areas and seeks to be a seamless addition to existing image...