Management Team
Rupert Jones
General Manager
Rupert has more than twenty years of industry experience as a product management, operations, marketing and business development professional. Before joining Renishaw Diagnostics, Rupert was Head of Marketing and Business Development within the Spectroscopy Products Division of Renishaw plc, and prior to that held senior positions at GE Healthcare and Amersham Biosciences. Rupert is a proud Welshman and a first language Welsh speaker. He and his wife have two children which occupy most of his out of office time but he does find time to pursue his other passion – rugby; he is Chairman of a local junior club and coach of his son's under 14s team.
Ewen Smith Ph.D
Chief Scientific Officer
Professor Smith, founder and former CEO of Renishaw Diagnostics, is a spectroscopist and chemist with particular expertise in understanding and applying surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) in the development of informative and sensitive assays. He is an emeritus professor and a co-director of the Institute of Nanometrology at the University of Strathclyde. Professor Smith has over 290 published papers and, with G Dent, has published a book entitled Modern Raman Spectroscopy – A Practical Approach.
Caterina Netti Ph.D
Head of Operations and Technology
Caterina has been with Renishaw Diagnostics since its foundation (July 2007). She was Chief Scientist and co-founder of Mesophotonics Ltd (2001-2007) where she led the research, development, and commercialization of Klarite SERS substrates which were acquired by Renishaw Diagnostics. She has over 10 years experience in developing novel optical-based analytical applications and materials. She was awarded a PhD in Physics in 1998 from Bari University (Italy).
Alastair Ricketts Ph.D
Principal Scientist
Alastair oversees all work in the Diagnostics, Development and Science sectors of the business. He has held positions as a research fellow in the areas of forensic science, cancer biology (Beatson Institute for Cancer Research) and SERRS bioanalysis (University of Strathclyde Centre for Molecular Nanometrology). As part of the POC+ team funded by Scottish Enterprise that led to the foundation of D3 Technologies Ltd, he has been involved with the company from the start. Alastair was awarded a BSc (Hons) in 1998 from the University of Leicester and a PhD in 2001 from the University of Strathclyde, both in Molecular Microbiology.
Jim Greaves Ph.D
Head of Marketing
Jim joined Renishaw Diagnostics in July 2010 with over 25 years of commercial life sciences experience, including Director-level positions at Invitrogen, CXR Biosciences and ITI Life Sciences. After gaining his PhD at Leicester, he worked in the Public Health Laboratory Service (Microbiology & Virology labs) before embarking on a marketing career with Sarstedt. He has since worked for Fisons Scientific, Shandon Scientific and Mettler Toledo, before moving to Scotland with Invitrogen.
David Eustace Ph.D
Project Leader – Development
David is Project Leader for development work at Renishaw Diagnostics as well as overseeing Klarite® production. He has successfully led high profile publicly funded projects from NHS-SBRI and Scottish Enterprise. Prior to Renishaw Diagnostics, David worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Dept. of Materials, Imperial College London from 2005-2008. He was awarded a MSc (Hons) in Chemistry in 2002 and a PhD in Solid State Physics (electron energy loss spectroscopy) in 2006 from the University of Glasgow.
Karen Fitchett Ph.D
Project Leader – Diagnostics
Karen leads all aspects of the diagnostic product development programs carried out within the company. Prior to joining Renishaw Diagnostics in December 2007, Karen worked in data management at a leading CRO and at the University of Strathclyde. As the main postdoctoral research associate on the POC+ team funded by Scottish Enterprise that led to the foundation of D3 Technologies Ltd, Karen has been involved with the company from the early stages. She was awarded a MSci in Pure Chemistry in 2002 and a PhD in 2006 in Analytical Chemistry (A flow cell surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) detection system) from the University of Strathclyde.
Graeme McNay Ph.D
Project Leader – Science
Graeme leads the blue sky research carried out within the company and interacts with both development and diagnostic projects to help drive those areas forward. Prior to joining Renishaw Diagnostics in November 2007, Graeme worked as an Analytical Development Chemist at GlaxoSmithKline and as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Strathclyde where he investigated the use of SERS as a tagging technology. He was awarded a MSci in Forensic and Analytical Chemistry in 2002 and a PhD in 2006 in Chemistry (advancing SE(R)RS techniques for use in biological applications) from the University of Strathclyde.
Allana Johnstone MSc. MCQI CQP
Head of Compliance
Allana has worked in medical device product development for over 12 years and has worked in the implementation of Quality and Regulatory strategies and systems for Medical Devices and IVD's for most of those years. During this period she has worked with companies such as Sulzer Vascutek, Biosil, Tayside Flow Technologies Ltd and Stirling Medical Innovations. Projects managed were: Product Development; Quality Management System Implementations; ISO Certifications, Clinical Trials and CE marking activities for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices such as Vascular Grafts; Breast Implants; and Meter and Strip Micro-fluidic IVD device systems. Allana has been a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute since 2005 and a Chartered Member since 2008. She was awarded a BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology and a Masters Degree in Bioengineering, both from the University of Strathclyde between 1993 and the year 2000.
