Dr Thomas has a background in Biochemistry research at Leicester, Cambridge, and Glaxo, after which she has had 25years of pharmaceutical drug discovery and development experience from large Pharma (GSK) and SME’s. She has been instrumental in the early strategy and growth of small companies including Horizon Discovery (now a public company). She was Director of International Operations at Atlantic Healthcare until she founded Pellis Care Ltd. As a member of leadership teams, Janette has broad experience in developing company and product R&D strategy. Examples of her expertise include the successful completion of commercial-scale oligonucleotide manufacturing process, submission of regulatory dossiers, and invention and grant of patents. She has managed multinational projects for charities and not-for-profits to find new treatments for Malaria and led InnovateUK grants through to successful completion.