Derek Smith

Interim Chief Commercial Officer

Derek has over 20 years experience of sales, marketing and management within the diagnostic, medical devices and therapeutics sectors. He holds a degree in Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Leeds. During his career Derek has built and expanded new sales teams across different markets, commercialised new products and devices and grown business in new markets, all with a clear focus on excellent customer relationships. Since he joined Aptamer Group in 2018 as Director of Global Sales, he has overseen the development and implementation of the Company’s sales strategy and secured contracts and IP licensing opportunities across all three business divisions. He was promoted to Interim Chief Commercial Officer at the beginning of 2023.