Results Healthcare, a healthcare corporate finance and strategy specialist announced the appointment of life sciences industry veteran Nick Hyde as Managing Director. Hyde joined the dedicated team of healthcare corporate finance professionals servicing the practice's growing client base in October.

With over 25 years of pharmaceutical and life sciences business experience, Nick spent 15 years as head of various manufacturing and business departments at ICI. As the ICI business transitioned, he became Director of Operations for Zeneca's Life Science Molecules business and then spent 2 years as Vice President of Avecia Pharmaceuticals, culminating in having responsibility for more than 700 manufacturing, R&D and commercial staff across four sites in the UK and overseas, and responsibility for integrating acquisitions in North America.

Nick then became Global Business Leader of the Dowpharma business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, and was a key member of the team which successfully divested the UK arm of the business. During this 6 year period, he led the consolidation of all of Dow Chemical's service and technology offerings to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, which included the creation of two US based Biotech start-ups.

A graduate in engineering from Cambridge University, since leaving Dow in 2008 Nick has worked on a number of major asset divestments for Pharmaceutical clients in addition to his work with Med Tech start up companies in the Cambridge area and as a director of Inotec AMD Ltd and Chairman of The Diabetic Boot Company. Nick's industry leadership was recognized by his election to the Board of Governors of the US trade organisation, SOCMA, in 2001 and 2002.

"Nick's industry experience, depth of knowledge and leadership skills will prove invaluable as we continue our ambitious business growth," commented Results Healthcare Managing Director, Kevin Bottomley. "Having worked with Nick previously, I am well aware of the strengths that he brings to our team and am excited that he has chosen to join us at this stage in the company's development."

"Results Healthcare gives me the opportunity to continue to work with clients in both the Pharmaceutical and Med Tech sectors, helping them to re-shape their capabilities, manage strategic change, raise the funding they need to bring exciting new products to market and ultimately find the right corporate partners," added Nick Hyde "Doing this within a large group like Results and helping to build on the strong franchise of the business is an exciting new challenge for me."