Pentlands Science Park Limited

John Matts - Chairman of Pentlands Science Park Limited

John graduated from Cambridge in 1979 with a degree in Land and Property Management.  He is a shareholder in a 6500 acre joint venture arable farming company and used to lamb 2500 early ewes. John farms in a family partnership with extensive property interests both industrial and office developments, he has interests in renewable energy projects and he is also involved in a storage company. John is the Chairman of Pentlands Science Park Limited and also Vice Chairman of the Moredun Foundation.

Sir John Gilmour

John has farmed a mixed arable/beef unit since 1987 and has also been a deer farmer since 1987. He has been Chairman of Scottish Farm Venison since 2002, Late Owner/Director of Greenside Agricultural Engineering Ltd and Director of Perth Race Course (current). He was a Past Chairman of the National Point to Point Advisory Committee (Jockey Club) and John Wood's Housing Association. In addition he is currently Chairman of the Northern Area Point to Point Association and Hon. Colonel - Fife & Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse (QOY). 

Peter Bacchus

Peter has been qualified as a chartered surveyor for over 30 years and has held a wide variety of positions in the property sector including four years with Scottish Enterprise. His experience has been exclusively in the industrial and commercial sectors, and involves dealing with the acquisition and disposal of both leasehoild and freehold properties and providing strategic development advice to clients. Peter adopts a mulitdisciplinary approach to his work and particularly relishes the challenge of seeing projects thourgh from inception to completion.

Professor David Knox

David joined Moredun in 1976. Over the next 15 years, whilst working at the Research Institute he successfully gained a HNC in Biochemistry, then went on to complete a CBiol and MIBiol, all from Napier University.  In 1993 he was awarded a PhD looking at the potential for vaccination against the gastrointestinal nematode Haemonchus contortus.

David has a strong research interest in nematode biology, biochemistry, survival and gene expression. He specialises in vaccine development against both Haemonchus and Teladorsagia circumcincta with a particular focus on parasite enzymes. He has published over 100 research articles. 

Dr Keith Winton

Keith is fund manager for the Genomia Fund, an early stage seed fund focusing on supporting the commercialisation of research emerging from a group of ten public sector research establishments (primarily with interests in the bio-sciences).  The group includes the Moredun Research Institute. Originally trained as a chemist, Keith has over 30 years experience of technology transfer from university and research institutes. Through both the Genomia Fund and an earlier similar fund (the Edinburgh Technology Fund), he has been involved in early stage investments into over 20 start-up companies, a number of which have gone on to secure seven-figure follow-on investment from a variety of private investment groups.