Unparalleled knowledge and experience
We are committed to designing, managing, and delivering clinical trials that are cost-effective and provide robust evidence for treatments for the most common illnesses affecting the world today. We have decades of experience in medical research, academia and corporate management which allows us to expertly support our partners’ pipelines, accelerating the adoption of novel treatments into routine clinical practice.
Our leadership team
The Leadership Team at Protas guide and support staff across the organisation to deliver the strategic objectives of the organisation. They bring with them a wealth of scientific, clinical and industry knowledge and patient focus to realise Protas’s ambitions.
Martin Landray
Chief Executive Officer
Sir Martin Landray is CEO of Protas, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford and a consultant hospital physician. He has over 20 years’ experience of leading large, randomized trials and is a joint lead of the RECOVERY trial of treatments for COVID-19. He works closely with regulators, industry, academia, patient groups and government organizations to improve all aspects of clinical trials.
Abby Taylor
Chief Operations Officer
Dr Abby Taylor is COO and is responsible for the efficient establishment and operations of Protas. Abby was the Associate Director of Strategy and Data Insights for the Wellcome Trust where she spent almost a decade leading the development and delivery of many of Wellcome’s major strategic initiatives and its international expansion. Abby has a PhD in Biochemistry.
Tim Peakman
Chief Clinical Operations Officer
Dr Tim Peakman is Chief Clinical Operations Officer at Protas and is responsible for the efficient establishment and operation of trials. Before joining Protas he worked at University of Leeds as Chief Operating Officer and for 14 years at UK Biobank as Deputy Chief Executive helping to establish and run this study involving 500,000 participants.
Jonathan Sellors
Company Secretary & Legal Counsel
Jonathan Sellors is the legal counsel and company secretary of Protas and UK Biobank. He is an expert in intellectual property, life sciences and data protection law. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Nuffield Department of Population Health at Oxford University.
Richard Eales
Finance Director
Richard Eales is Finance Director at Protas and is responsible for oversight of all financial matters. Richard is also Head of Commercial Finance at the Wellcome Trust and a member of the Audit Committee of Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility.
Stefan Blixen-Finecke
Chief Information Officer
Stefan Blixen-Finecke is the CIO and is responsible for the efficient establishment and operation of Protas information technology services, including the Unified Clinical Trials Management Platform. Before joining Protas, Stefan was the Chief Technology Officer at the European Medicines Agency where he led the development of strategic platforms underpinning medicines regulation in Europe. He has also held technology leadership roles at the Financial Conduct Authority and Telenor Denmark.
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