Dennis Saw, CEO

Mr Saw, formerly Chief Financial Officer of Plasticell, gained a first class degree in the life sciences from Imperial College, London, and subsequently worked at the Max-Planck Institute, Berlin, in the human genome effort. He next founded his first business, before joining Goldman Sachs as an investment banker executing corporate finance solutions and mergers and acquisitions deals for clients in Europe and the US.  Mr Saw is a serial entrepreneur, having also co-founded a capital markets consultancy firm, a merchant bank and a securities research & brokerage house. He has been working with Plasticell since 2009.

Lilian Hook, Director of Research

Dr Hook, formerly Principal Scientist at Plasticell, has 14 years experience in stem cell research gained both in academia and industry. Dr Hook holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in haematopoietic stem cell development from Edinburgh University. Prior to joining Plasticell, Dr Hook was Scientific Programme Manager at Stem Cell Sciences Ltd, directing research primarily on neural stem cells and the generation of neuronal subtypes from embryonic stem cells.