Clifford Tompsett is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He spent the whole of his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including the last 26 years as a partner. He was formerly head of PwC’s UK and European Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences practice and head of the Global IPO Centre based in London. He has worked with many of the leading global pharmaceutical companies, advising on many of the large deals in the industry, as well as many mid to small cap life science companies. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Oxford University.

He is Senior Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk and Nominations Committees at Cello Health plc, an AIM listed healthcare focused advisory group. He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Reed Global, the family owned REED recruitment business.