Personnel

Dr Don Bell - PhDManaging Director

Don Bell has extensive experience in project management and the development of novel products and processes. He has a background in chemistry and biochemical engineering.

Randal Phillips - BSc General Manager
 
Randal has overall responsibility for the day to day activities of the team, with specific responsibilities in Manufacturing and operations, regulatory affairs, & project management. His background is in pharmaceutical manufacture both in production & quality management capacities.

Nic Paton - BAqua (Hons)Technical & Marketing Manager
 
Nic provides technical support for our customers. He has a strong technical and practical background in aquaculture.  After completing the  Bachelor of Aquaculture in Tasmania he completed his honours project involving the Australian barramundi industry. Nic has also worked extensively in the Tasmanian salmon industry.
 

Nicole Russell - BAppSc Quality Manager

Oversees the quality system to ensure compliance to good manufacturing practice (GMP) principles. Nicole has a number of years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing within industry and as a GMP auditor for a regulatory agency.

Olga LikhatchevaOffice Administrator
 
Olga ensures that administration and sales service for our clients is of the highest standard.  Olga also has extensive experience in quality control and carries out Quality Assurance (QA) of finished product and internal audits of Quality Systems.
 

Ross Braybrook - Dip Industrial ProductionProduction Supervisor

Ross’s experience in veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturing spans 30 years and includes large and small-scale media prep for bacterial vaccines, adjuvant manufacture, and production of pharmaceutical ingredients to cGMP standards.  As Production Supervisor Ross takes responsibility for the production floor from active ingredient manufacture to final product formulation.

Denise Poe - Production Technician

Rob Beckett - Lab Supervisor

Rob joined AQUI-S New Zealand Ltd in August 2016 as Laboratory Supervisor. He brings to the team 23 years’ experience in pharmaceutical vaccine manufacture. He is skilled in analytical procedures and standard microbiological techniques, and has experience with a wide variety of instrumentation techniques.

Jessie Bird - MBmedScProcess Chemist

Jessie is involved in developmental research, she is working on a new manufacturing process for an alternative active ingredient for use in AQUI-S^® anaesthetics. She has experience in synthetic organic chemistry, having completed her Masters degree in this area.

Richard Arthur - NZCS (Chemistry)Semi-retired
 
Richard is now semi-retired after a dedicated 13 years with AQUI-S New Zealand Ltd. Richards previous position was the Production Supervisor and Lab Technician. Richard now helps with AQUI-S^® production as required.