Directors and Advisors

Stephen Young, Chief Financial Officer

Stephen is an experienced Finance Director and CFO and joins EKF Diagnostics from Trellus Health plc ("Trellus") where he has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer, in a non-board capacity, since August 2022. Prior to working with Trellus, Stephen served as CFO and Company Secretary (a non-director role) with Axiom Manufacturing Limited, a contract electronic manufacturer. Having joined in 2009 when Axiom generated close to £12m in revenue and was loss-making, he supported the restructuring of the business to over £62m turnover in 2020. Axiom also acquired Greeve Limited in 2016 where Stephen became a Director. In addition to this, Stephen has experience with AIM-quoted businesses having served as CFO at Pure Wafer plc and, before this, BBI Holdings plc ("BBI") which admitted to AIM in 2004. During Stephen's seven-year tenure at BBI he reported to EKF Executive Chair Julian Baines when he was CEO of BBI. Stephen is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Jenny Winter, Non-Executive Director

Jenny has over 20 years’ experience across a broad variety of healthcare organisations ranging from small not-for-profit companies to large corporates. Jenny is currently Chief Executive Officer of AIM listed Animalcare Group plc (AIM: ANCR) where she is successfully executing on the business’s long-term growth strategy, as reflected in the recently announced strong full year trading performance against a backdrop of very challenging market conditions. Jenny has a science-led career spanning R&D, clinical research, strategic product development and commercial growth across various aspects of the healthcare industry. Before joining Animalcare Group plc in October 2018, Jenny was Vice President of Respiratory products – Global Supply Chain and Strategy at AstraZeneca, a position she held from 2015. Other roles at AstraZeneca included Vice President Cardiology – Global Product and Portfolio Strategy, Commercial Director – Eastern Europe, Marketing Company President Hungary, where she led a major change programme to drive future success, and Global Vice President, Group Public Affairs. Jenny has also been CEO of the charity Barretstown, transforming it into a successful leading charity  which provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children and their families affected by serious illness, as well as virtual school and hospital outreach activities. Her work at the charity resulted in her being invited by Barretstown board member Dermot Gleeson, Chairman of Allied Irish Bank, to join the Board of the bank as a Non-executive Director, a role she held from 2004 to 2010. Jenny is also Chairman of a charity – Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Charity, an NHS charity supporting the local hospitals. 

Jenny has a BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of Southampton.

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