Chairman - Advisory Board

LORD ANTHONY ST JOHN OF BLETSO

Lord Anthony St John of Bletso is a Crossbench/Independent Member of the House of Lords, he was brought up in South Africa, where he qualified as a solicitor. After completing his Masters in Law at London University, he worked as legal counsel for Shell and then an oil analyst/specialist sales for several institutions in the City, including Merrill Lynch, focusing on Sub-Saharan African and the Far East. He is currently Chairman of Strand Hanson and Integrated Diagnostic Holdings plc and serves on the board of several public and private companies and has recently become a member of the House of Lords Ad Hoc Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. His specialist interests are cyber security, financial services and life sciences. Since 1998 he has served as Extra Lord in Waiting to HM The Queen and is a Trustee of 6 charities, mostly focused on education and wildlife conservation.

CEO

RAJA SHARIF

Raja Sharif is the Founder and CEO of FarmaTrust. He is driving the company’s vision and mission of protecting the vulnerable by eliminating deadly counterfeit medications on a global scale. Raja has managed a number of technology and media projects worldwide for some of the best known brands, including British Telecom and Al Jazeera. He is a Barrister by background, having worked as General Counsel and company secretary managing legal affairs, risk and good corporate governance.

COO

PETER BRYANT

As COO of FarmaTrust, Peter is planning, coordinating and managing the company’s strategic business operations towards achieving the vision and mission of protecting the vulnerable by eliminating deadly counterfeit medications on a global scale. Before joining the board of FarmaTrust, Peter has successfully created and grown businesses, realised value through trade sales and been involved in a Management Buy In (MBI) of Guardian IT which later resulted in a full market flotation on the London Stock Exchange. He is familiar with obligations of operating a company, directors duties and holds a number of Chairman and Non-executive directorships of technology companies.

Business Development Director

MIKE QUINN

Mike has been involved in IT since 1979 having started as a graduate trainee with Burroughs Machines; the number two global IT business at that time. Over the years he has held director level roles at the likes of AIM Limited a legal systems house, Guardian iT a disaster recovery provider which following an MBI went onto a successful full listing on the LSE, The Bladder and Bowel Community who provide an information service to their 3 million online visitors per annum, FarmaTrust the leading track and trace & clinical trial data solution provider to the health sector.

CTO

SHAHNAWAZ AZIZ

Shahnawaz is a senior technologist with over 21 years of IT experience in managing, architecting, designing and developing software applications across Financial Services, Investment Banking, Shipping & Logistics and Government projects. He has been involved in blockchain for a number of years. Shahnawaz has a visionary ability to solve complex solutions using Blockchain, Social, Cloud, Mobile, AI and Big Data. Recently he successfully launched HD bitcoin wallet and blockchain platform, showcased via nTrust.com. He also delivered global bitcoin trading platform earlier this year.He also has a number of patents including patent rights assigned: ``Secure Multiparty loss resistant Storage and Transfer of Cryptographic Keys for blockchain.

Business Development Executive

DANIELA BAUSANO

Over 25 years of sales and business development experience with mid to larger enterprise organizations throughout EMEA. Extensive Account Management experience within IT/Software, Knowledge Management, Life Sciences/Healthcare and FMCG industries. Supporting markets as well as manufacturers, distributors, packagers, dispensers within Healthcare to meet global government regulations, track and trace products throughout supply chains, and enhance consumer and patient safety with IT solutions. Interacting with French  and Swiss National Medicine Verification Organization members including Industry associations, Pharmacist and Hospital unions, Wholesalers and Ministry of Health to implement European Falsified Medicine  Directive. Highly skilled in business development, prospect and customer relationship management. 

Data Strategy Lead

NAJIB REHMAN

Najib Rehman has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years, 16.5 of which were at Pfizer in increasingly senior roles. His experience in the industry has centred on commercial data and analytics across multiple regions to support senior stakeholders, ranging from leading large scale big budget enterprise programmes to overseeing the piloting and roll out of newer cutting edge and innovative data and analytical capabilities. In recent years he has becoming increasingly involved with understanding how regulation such as FMD and GDPR will increasingly impact the commercial & operational efficiency of the pharmaceutical industry to conduct business in an already highly regulated sector. He has been a strong advocate of the latest enabling technologies and processes to solve these challenges to create new value propositions for the health sector. For rest and relaxation and to recharge his batteries he likes to ride bikes and coach the younger members of his local cycling club.

Community Manager

JEFFREY MIDDELBOS

Jeffrey Middelbos is the community manager for FarmaTrust. He manages bitcointalk, Reddit and Telegram channels as well as ICO communications. By background Jeffrey is an IT engineer and works for the `Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam`. Jeffrey is an enthusiastic member of the crypto community and is active on several crypto related forums. He has significant understanding of how cryptocurrencies work and also the importance of transparency and trust between the crypto community.

Operations Manager

ANA MARAPIDOU

Ana brings with over ten years experience coordinating and managing operations in large commercial facilities in Germany and the Middle East. Its her job to make sure FarmaTrust is running a smooth and efficient service that meets the expectations and needs of our customers and clients.

UI/UX Designer

JESSICA JOHNSON

As FarmaTrust's UI/UX designer, Jess is working on the design of the FarmaTrust website, the ZOI platform and both the iOS and Android App. She will be taking each of these digital platforms from concept through to execution to create innovative and user friendly services.

Business Development Executive

CHRIS MORTON

Chris started his IT career twenty years ago as a Contractor, working in Y2K Compliance and technical support for diverse blue-chip clients. He then joined Fujitsu Services/ICL where he worked in technical support on large and complex PFI Projects with high security clearance for clients such as HMRC, the Home Office and NHS. He was also responsible for Health and Safety Management and the Corporate Environmental Compliance team at the Manchester site. In addition, he was involved in the development of a Training programme for technical teams. Chris then spent several years in Education within both the primary and secondary sector, ensuring the development of the IT and Languages Curriculum across schools. 

Strategic Advisor

ARNAB PAUL

Arnab is one of the leading advocates and member of Global Blockchain healthcare community, He is committed to driving strategy for the success of Blockchain technology & Home health best use cases. He was elected member of Beta Kappa Chi (National Scientific honor Society, USA). Actively involved in the Blockchain Task Force, HIMSS, USA. He also serves as a Advisory Board Member of IoT Health slam, NY, USA. He has consulted with Healthcare and medical device clients internationally on market readiness, innovative data analytics, and consumer engagement solutions. Arnab  is a valuable asset to the FarmaTrust team in his role as Strategic Advisor. Arnab is looking to ensure the Pharmaceutical and the Healthcare sector deliver effective improvements in patient care and  realise substantial supply chain efficiencies by implementing FarmaTrust solutions. 

Manufacturing Advisor

DAVID LYNCH

David has over 17 years of experience in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device manufacturing, specializing in complex Manufacturing IT projects - with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Serialization being a key focus. David is passionate about patient safety and has driven successful business transformational projects for major Pharmaceutical companies globally.