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Non-Executive Chairman - Kevin A. D'Silva, BSc, MBA His early career was with Hanson Trust Plc, where he rose to a senior management position and acquired co-ownership of his first company, Warne Surgical Products, in an MBI in 1980. After the sale of Warne to Teleflex Inc in 1985 he became Managing Director of Teleflex Medical. In 1990 he founded the Kynoch Group Plc specialising in products and services for the life sciences and medical industries, which he grew to a £15 million turnover in 5 years. Following this, he was until 2003 Group Managing Director of Ferraris Group Plc, a publicly quoted group specialising in cardio-respiratory products and specialised components for the lifesciences industry. The Ferraris group at the time of his leaving had a turnover of £65 million with 850 employees in Europe and the United States. Kevin D'Silva was appointed to the board of Prosurgics in December 2003 and became Chairman in April 2004. He is currently Chairman of Surface Transforms Plc, Chairman of Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging Ltd, Chairman of Ai2 Ltd, a director of Electra Kingsway VCT Plc, Titan VCT Plc , a partner in SalusInvest LP and, through his company KDS Associates, provides strategic consultancy services to a number of medical products companies. |
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Following completion of his engineering degree and business management diploma, Richard had a 20 year grounding in high tech automotive engineering. During this time his various roles encompassed marketing and sales, in addition to engineering, and included periods based in France and Germany. Richard's previous experience in the robotics industry was as General Manager of a specialist German manufacturer of injection moulding handling systems for the quality-conscious mobile telecoms industry. Before joining Prosurgics in April 2007, Richard was part of the senior technical team within De La Rue plc. As Technical Director of their Identity Systems Division he successfully launched new security product and automation machinery for the Electronic Passport sector. Richard is a qualified ISO9000 auditor and has been closely involved in quality system deployment in new product engineering and production environments. He brings a history of achievement in the management of new product development and introduction to manufacture. |
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