Dr John Brown:
Non-executive Chairman
John joined the Board at Yourgene in July 2019 and has over 20 years’ capital markets experience in the healthcare and life sciences sector. He is currently a Chairman of Calcivis Ltd and a NED of Skylark Therapeutics Ltd. He was until recently Senior Independent...
Mary Tavener:
Non-executive Director
Mary joined the Yourgene Health Board in January 2022 as a Non-executive Director and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. Mary has extensive experience in the healthcare sector, having previously been Chief Financial Officer and Board member of AIM listed...
Andy Leeser:
Non-executive Director
Andy was appointed to the Board in January 2023, he is one of the UK's most experienced mid-market corporate transformation specialists. Andy has a consistent track record of success in supporting management teams in the rapid recovery of businesses and the...
Jonathan Seaton:
Non-executive Director
Jonathan has 25 years of experience working for leading global life sciences and diagnostic companies and has worked on more than 50 merger and acquisition transactions in his career, including seven years at Roche Diagnostics (2008-2015), where he held the position...
Lyn Rees:
Chief Executive Officer (Director)
Lyn is a seasoned executive in global healthcare and IVD markets. Since Lyn joined Yourgene Health plc in 2018 he has been instrumental in the transformation of the business. He led the group through four acquisitions including Elucigene Diagnostics and Coastal...
Dr Bill Chang, Ph.D:
Chief Entrepreneur
Bill is the Chief Entrepreneur at Yourgene Health and he was the Chief Executive Officer of Yourgene Bioscience, which he founded. After completing his PhD at University of Melbourne, Australia, Dr Chang joined Academia Sinica in 2007 as a research specialist and...
Lyn Rees:
Chief Executive Officer (Director)
Lyn is a seasoned executive in global healthcare and IVD markets. Since Lyn joined Yourgene Health plc in 2018 he has been instrumental in the transformation of the business. He led the group through four acquisitions including Elucigene Diagnostics and Coastal...
Dr Bill Chang, Ph.D:
Chief Entrepreneur
Bill is the Chief Entrepreneur at Yourgene Health and he was the Chief Executive Officer of Yourgene Bioscience, which he founded. After completing his PhD at University of Melbourne, Australia, Dr Chang joined Academia Sinica in 2007 as a research specialist and...
Hayden Jeffreys:
Chief Business Officer
Hayden has over 25 years’ experience in the clinical diagnostics industry. He has a strong strategic commercial background including business development, mergers and acquisitions and driving commercial teams for transformational international delivery and growth....
Dr Joanne Mason:
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr Joanne Mason is the Chief Scientific Officer at Yourgene Health, leading the development of the next generation molecular diagnostics particularly in the area of reproductive health. Joanne has been a champion of modernising diagnostics with the use of genomic...
Dr Robert Henke:
Vice President of Sales – Asia Pacific
Robert has over 18 years’ experience as a senior sales leader focused on advanced technology solutions for the clinical, applied, and life science research sectors. Prior to joining Yourgene Health, Robert has held senior sales leadership roles with Illumina,...
Darren Marjenberg:
Vice President of Sales – EMEA
Darren has more than 14 years' of experience in the clinical genomics market space. Prior to joining Yourgene Health, Darren was the Export Sales Manager at Oxford Gene Technology, working to expand the indirect sales channels and introduce cutting-edge next...
Scott Sargent:
Vice President of Sales – Americas
Scott has over 25 years’ experience as a senior leader within the global in vitro diagnostic healthcare industry. Prior to joining Yourgene Health, Scott was the Director of Sales, Clinical Genomics at Qiagen where he led a team of sales representatives focussed on...
Joanne Cross:
Director of Marketing
Joanne has over 18 years’ experience in the molecular diagnostics sector as a marketing professional with experience of working in the oncology and reproductive health fields. Prior to joining Yourgene in 2013, Joanne was a freelance Marketing consultant working for a...
Matthew Nesbitt:
Product Specialist Director
Matthew Nesbitt completed his Master’s degree in Molecular Biology at Simon Fraser University, where his work focused on the discovery of new genes in the C. elegans model organism. This experience impressed upon him both the value of next generation sequencing and...
Wendy Cox:
HR Director
Wendy is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development and has thirty years’ experience in HR, holding senior international roles across multiple sectors.Within diagnostics she has previously worked for BBi Group and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.
Peter Coyne:
Vice President of Global Operations
Peter is an accomplished Medical Devices and IVD industry executive who has over 30 years’ experience leading manufacturing and operations teams concentrating on delivering high quality products through efficient and innovative processes.Prior to joining Yourgene...
Barry Hextall:
Group Company Secretary
Barry is a Chartered Management Accountant with over 20 years' experience in senior financial roles, including with international AIM-listed organisations. He has managed many businesses through major changes and rapid growth, and has significant experience working in...
