Simon Ellison

Simon is the Associate Director, Advanced Therapies at Fisher BioServices. With the aim of helping to build a solution that addresses the industries need for a storage and logistics solution for the challenges of operations at commercial scale. Whilst at the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Simon identified the need for, and built the Seamless Freight portfolio. He also helped develop the commercial operating model for the Catapult Manufacturing Centre that resulted in the first collaborators entering, and the start of a cluster forming around this unique facility. Prior to this Simon was the Head of Commercial at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) where he merged the needs of the industry with NHSBTs manufacturing capability, which enabled multiple UK and International organisations to move their therapies forwards.