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Fraser Skirrow
Fraser Skirrow (CEO) graduated from Pembroke College Oxford in 1985 and completed his MBA at London Business School in 1989. Before co-founding MedInnovate he was a partner in Accenture, leading the European R&D consulting business.
In more than 20 years of consulting he has worked with many of the largest R&D organisations in the world. Typical projects with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients include:

Leading post-merger integration of two global Development functions. A 2 year programme covering 5 development centres across US and Europe with 10,000 staff. The scope included development strategy, organisation design, commercial and development operations. The aim was to restore performance to pre-merger levels and then create a unified, world class development organisation.

Leading design and implementation of a new operating model in a global biotechnology company. An 18 month programme of analysis, solutions design and implementation that set out the structure for the governance of R&D, the functional and team structures, operating practices, planning and performance management systems and processes. This covered the US and European development hubs and the European commercial operations.

Leading process and IT systems design and implementation in European Development. This project involved the integration of processes and systems across 5 European sites and 6,000 people. It included the roll out of web based performance support systems to all staff, implementation of performance management systems and training in new procedures and processes.
Strategy projects and advisory roles include:

Leading business strategy and change management for the European Division of a major Japanese company. This 18 month programme covered the setting up of an autonomous European development region within the company, setting the business strategy, creating and implementing the organisation design for functions and teams and the design and implementation of a new governance structure.

Supporting multiple post-merger integration projects with Kinapse. These were advisory roles with directors of European Development functions on issues including organisation design, performance management, resource management and metrics.

Acting as Non-Executive director of Glide Pharma technologies, a needle free injection company based near Oxford. Through the non-executive role assistance has been given in business strategy, fund raising, investor communications, alliance management and planning.

Planning the setting up of a national bio-repository. The objective of the project was to understand the value and benefits of creating a national Bio-Repository. It involved identifying the real and perceived barriers to the creation of the Repository, defining its operating model and business case and setting out an overall plan to create the facility.

Setting strategy and business model for an R&D service provider prior to trade sale. The objective of the project was to compile a 3 year business plan with supporting financials that set out the growth aspirations for the company and potential exit strategies. Detailed product development plans and business growth strategies were set out and the company was subsequently acquired by a global information provider.
Fraser is also an author and speaker on military tactics and organisation in the First World War (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Massacre-Marne-Battalion-Yorkshire-Regiment/dp/1844154963) and a keen outdoorsman, instructing young people in adventure training and survival skills.