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Our Team

Over the course of the last 18 months, the company has gathered a team of experienced professionals to bring SPT95 to market. Our talents lie across a wide range of specialisations, from science to sales and from operations and manufacturing to people management.

Chairman

Dr Simon Gulliford

Simon has been a serial entrepreneur and since the age of 16 has created...

Simon has been a serial entrepreneur and since the age of 16 has created, developed and sold several successful companies in activities as diverse as car retailing, clothing distribution and behavioural economics. He has also been a Non-Executive Director for St. James’s Place, Morgan Sindall, Aegon, William Jackson Food Group, Rotary Watches and Linn Products. Currently he is Senior Non-Executive Director of Horton Estates, Non-Executive Director of Admiral Financial Services Ltd and Chairman of Ardonagh Advisory. Between 2012 and 2024 Simon was Executive Chairman of Hendy Automotive Ltd where he transformed the business into one of the largest and best automotive retailers in Europe. He is an expert both at people development and creating truly customer-centric organisations, therefore very well positioned to guide us as Chairman.
Chief Executive Officer

Alain Giraud

Since 2024, Alan has been leading SPT as Chief Executive Officer. He is a...

Since 2024, Alan has been leading SPT as Chief Executive Officer. He is a qualified lawyer and in his previous career specialised in corporate finance, M&A, capital market and private equity advisory. During his career Alain has advised listed companies, private equity funds, and private companies in respect of over £500m of successfully concluded transactions and raised more than £400m of debt and equity capital. Alain, as CEO, provides clear strategic direction and inspirational leadership to the SPT team.
Chief Financial Officer

John Allen

John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an...

John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an entrepreneurial CFO with 40 years’ experience in product innovation, new/niche market creation, planning, team building and delivery. He has 30 years’ experience in design, implementation and integration of innovative financial solutions for investment banks. His sound financial background and effective communication ability with investors, colleagues and clients has seen him successfully compete and eventually partner with IBM, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and KPMG. John has also raised finance from VCs and private equity, generating shareholder value and successful exits.
Chief Operating Officer

Giles Harris DSO OBE

We have a strong operations and administrative team. Giles took up...

We have a strong operations and administrative team. Giles took up the COO role for Supra Perfecta in 2025 after a 32-year military career in the British Army. His last posting was as Commander of the British Forces in North and Eastern Europe as part of NATO’s deterrence mission against Russia. Giles is a US-trained campaign planner – an alumnus of the US National Defence University – and a seasoned operator in Whitehall and the UK’s Ministry of Defence, where he has completed four tours at the top end of Defence. Giles’s leadership and organisational skills also draw on extensive active service on the ground, including Security Sector Reform initiatives in Iraq for which he was appointed MBE, command and leadership on high-intensity combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, for which he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, and latterly conventional war-planning and leadership in Estonia and Poland for which he was appointed OBE.
Chief Technical Officer

Dr John Webster PhD

John is a Chartered Chemist and a Molecular Biologist and has over 35...

John is a Chartered Chemist and a Molecular Biologist and has over 35 years of experience in the manufacturing sector of the chemical, pharmaceutical and neutraceutical industry. Over his career, John has developed a wide experience of manufacturing, product and system development and process optimisation, making him an exceptional leader of our production teams. John is also the designer of our HOCl manufacturing processes and responsible for driving excellence in the engineering, manufacturing and R&D for the company.
Head of Sales

Simon Blakebrough

Simon has been with Supra Perfecta from the beginning of its journey and is an...

Simon has been with Supra Perfecta from the beginning of its journey and is an expert in our product and its wide range of applications; this, linked with his extensive sales background, brings a knowledge and energy to our product delivery. Following three years as an Officer in the Queens Royal Lancers, Simon moved into property, where over the years he has held several Sales Management roles, notably CIO of a private investment group, focused on property acquisitions in Eastern Europe and trading over 1,500 properties across the region. Simon leads a team of sales experts, including our UK NHS-facing team, Sales Floor in the UK, and entities in Australia, Brazil, the UAE and USA.
Head of Operations and Administration

Sally Moran

Sally is at the heart of Supra Perfecta, driving our enterprise from week to...

Sally is at the heart of Supra Perfecta, driving our enterprise from week to week. She is responsible for Supra Perfecta’s overall functionality across operations and administration including all information, logistic and regulatory requirements. Sally has nine years’ experience in chemical manufacturing as a Corporate Development Director, with extensive experience in building strong QMS systems as well as inventory/CRM platforms and managing large teams of staff. As well as her proven management and operations credentials, Sally also has 12 years in investment banking and was a Vice President specialising in M&A, corporate finance and capital raising for financial institutions in the USA, UK and Europe.

Our Supra Perfecta NHS team

Neil Dugdale

A commercial leader with 25+ years driving pharmaceutical growth...

A commercial leader with 25+ years driving pharmaceutical growth across European markets. Neil was the former CEO of Flynn Pharma and Interim Commercial Director at Rosemont Pharmaceuticals with global commercial responsibility. Previously, he served at Sobi as Vice President and General Manager, Northern Europe, and General Manager, UK and Ireland; as UK Country Lead at GenSight Biologics; and as Director of Oncology at Merck Serono. Neil has a proven track record building and scaling commercial operations in rare diseases, oncology, and specialty therapeutics across the UK, Ireland, Nordics and Middle East.
Simon Egan

Simon Egan

Simon is a strategic management and business development...

Simon is a strategic management and business development entrepreneur with 40+ years transforming complex business scenarios into actionable plans. He was Founder and CFO of Alverium Health, a contract biotech company with a unique approach to pharmaceutical commercialisation. Previously, Simon was Finance Director and Founding Partner at FleetEurope PLC, Partner at TISE Associates and Senior Group Manager at Unilever. He has extensive expertise in business strategy, M&A, financial management and building sustainable organisations across healthcare and life sciences.
Sean Roberts

Sean Roberts

Sean has 30+ years operating at board level in FTSE 50 companies. He has...

Sean has 30+ years operating at board level in FTSE 50 companies. He has led strategy, M&A, and joint ventures including the Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merger, and creation of global joint ventures between GSK and both Novartis and Pfizer. Previously, Sean was SVP General Counsel at GSK Consumer Healthcare and Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer at Imperial Brands. He has extensive expertise building legal and compliance frameworks in complex, regulated global pharma businesses.

Dr Jamie Hawkes

Jamie is a technical executive with 20+ years in personal care, speciality...

Jamie is a technical executive with 20+ years in personal care, speciality chemicals, and pharmaceutical product development. Previously, he was Global Head of Hair Care Technology at Lonza, and Technical and Operations Director at Perachem. A recognised innovator with 34 granted patents and 31 pending applications, he has extensive expertise in R&D leadership, commercialising technology, manufacturing processes, regulatory compliance, IP strategy and leading multicultural teams to bring disruptive technologies from concept to market.

Our Sales Team

Sheena Powell and Cornelius O’Mahoney are onboard as specialists in supplying NHS trusts across the UK. Between them, they bring over two decades of combined experience within the NHS and aesthetics field, with a strong focus on infection prevention and water management. Their deep clinical understanding of hypochlorous acid, alongside hands-on experience in healthcare environments, enables them to provide informed, practical solutions that support both patient safety and effective clinical practice.

Sheena Powell

Cornelius O’Mahoney