PDS Biotechnology appoints Richard Sykes executive chairman of its board of directors

18 December 2014

Immunotherapeutic company PDS Biotechnology has made Richard Sykes executive chairman of its board of directors.

As well as Sir Richard, PDS has appointed three other people to the board: De Lyle Bloomquist, Michael Boyce-Jacino and Greg Freitag.

Sir Richard was chief executive and chairman of GlaxoWellcome from 1995 to 2000, and chairman of GlaxoSmithkline (LSE: GSK) until 2002. He is also chairman of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, chairman of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, chairman of the UK Stem Cell Foundation, chairman of Omnicyte, NetScientific and the investment board of Deepridge Capital.

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