Who We Are
Jenny Gillard
Global Business Development Manager
An experienced Business Development Manager with a BSc (Hons) in Biology and previous expertise in Life Science recruitment. Jenny joined the team in early 2017 and leads several of the outsourced Sales consultancy services.
Jenny is also passionate about people, life-affirming conversations, morning tea and German Shepherds!
Jemma Tilling
Operations Manager & Personal Assistant to CEO
Jemma joined Pivotal Scientific Limited in March 2017 having spent 10 years in the Financial arena. In this time, she established her project management skills and harnessed her key administration expertise, which ultimately led to her fulfilling the ever-increasing demands of her roles within the Nationwide Building Society.
Jemma brings a wealth of planning and organisational skills to the Pivotal Scientific Limited office, enabling her to effectively support the CEO – Tim Bernard, as well as the Business Development and Marketing teams.
Sharon Craggs
Scientific Analyst & Content Writer
An experienced researcher and customer-facing technical advisor, with over ten years laboratory experience in academic and small biotechnology laboratories.
Qualified with a B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry and also gained an M.Phil from the University of Manchester.
EMMA WILLCOX
Key Account Manager
Emma joined Pivotal Scientific in June 2018 after 4 years working in Database positions – most recently as a Database Manager.
Using her Database experience and Organisational skills, she now enjoys the variation of a Key Account Manager role for two of Pivotal Scientific’s big clients: Nordic-MUbio and Exalpha Biologicals.
Melinda Higgins
Brand Design
Melinda comes from a design retail background.
Having spent several years working for Ikea in the Display and Communications department she decided to swap furniture and tea lights for antibodies and assays.
She uses her creative skills and knowledge to help companies determine and strengthen their brand identity, ensuring their brand accurately represents their core values and stands out in the competitive life science sector.
Jake Bernard
Digital Communications Manager
Jake is an experienced digital marketing professional, having previously worked in the arts and charity sectors.
Jake works on providing digital services such as PPC advertising and SEO for Pivotal Scientific and our clients.
Sian Bolitho
Scientific Officer
With over 18 years in the life science sector and a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Bangor University, Sian brings a wealth of industry knowledge to Pivotal Scientific. With a commercial background in product and channel management, marketing and business development, Sian brings her scientific knowledge to support the team in all sectors, but particularly in our M&A consultancy.
Passionate about empowering young people, Sian can often be found in a muddy field as a dedicated Scout leader.
Bill Emhiser
Strategic Consultant
Bill has over 45 years of experience in the bioreagents and diagnostics fields in senior management roles including Millipore and Whatman. A serial entrepreneur as well, he has started and successfully exit a number of companies in the space, most recently with Kerafast and Absolute Antibody.
Bill brings a depth of commercial and operational excellence to Pivotal Scientific, plus a strong ability to execute transactions, having completed over 15 deals in his career.