Ben has gathered a wide range of experience since his commercial career started in 1996, including direct sales, sales management, marketing and business development in the life science tools market. He has helped develop and launch dozens of successful, new products and services to aid research scientists across the entire drug discovery value chain. He is passionate about technologies that can enrich scientific research by saving scientists time, controlling costs and improving decision making, so they can bring more effective medicines to market. He graduated in Biochemistry from Newcastle University in the UK.