Who We Are
Jemma Mason
Operations Manager
Jemma joined Pivotal Scientific Limited in March 2017 having spent 10 years in the Financial arena. During 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 and the Business Development and Marketing teams.
Jenny Gillard
Chief Commercial Officer
Jenny has almost 10 years of Consultant/Account Management experience, working in Life Science Recruitment for 5-years before joining Pivotal Scientific in 2017.
Jenny manages our B2B Service clients, the PSL Alliance, and offers input into various strategic projects. She loves to understand clients and their companies, and offers guidance or key considerations to help them improve their sales channel effectiveness.
Favourite quote: “There’s no such thing as a stupid question”
Kristina Whitfield
Marketing Manager
After three years spent with Alere Toxicology (now Abbott) within the laboratory results team, Kristina now undertakes marketing activities for Pivotal Scientific and their clients.
Kristina is currently on maternity leave. For all marketing enquiries contact Jenny Gillard who has taken on the role of Sales and Marketing Interim Manager until Kristina's return.
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
Chief Technical Officer
Sian Bolitho
Chief Technical Officer
With over 19 years in the life science sector and a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of East Anglia, Sian brings a wealth of scientific and industry knowledge to Pivotal Scientific. With a commercial background in product and channel management, marketing and business development, Sian brings her 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.
Sorcha Hermon
Business Analyst
Sorcha joined Pivotal Scientific in November 2021 as Project Associate after completing her BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences and MSc in Sustainability.
She spent her first year in the Business Development and Marketing teams utilising her scientific background and strong communication skills to support Pivotal Scientific's B2B outreach service, range of marketing services and business strategy services. In December 2022, Sorcha moved into the M&A team in an analyst capacity, where she contributes to Pivotal Scientific's successful buy and sell side activities.
Gabrielle Foster
Digital Marketing Associate
Gaby started working in the marketing team at Pivotal in April 2022. Her love of life science started in biology class at school. She went on to study Biomedical Science at Cardiff University and then spent 2 years at the University of Barcelona studying a master's degree in Translational Medicine where she wrote her thesis on improving the outcome of partial liver transplants.
The role at Pivotal allows Gaby to follow her interest in digital marketing while still using her science background.
Tania Puvirajesinghe
Scientific Analyst and Content Writer
A PhD-qualified writer, Tania has 14 years’ experience with diagnostic devices and life sciences products in academia and industry for several therapy areas. Starting her scientific career at Imperial College London in 2000, she went on to gain her own research funding as a scientist and principal investigator. Tania has written and published key scientific advances in several academic journals, including Nature Communications. She has also filed patents. Since 2020, Tania has worked with world-leading life sciences companies, writing regulatory (IVD medical devices) and commercial content. Tania combines her scientific knowledge and content creation skills to deliver impactful, targeted SEO content.