The Leadership Team

Robin Ali is Professor of Human Molecular Genetics at King’s College London and  Director of The KCL Centre for Cell and Gene Therapy. He is also Deputy Director, NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre and Director of the KCL/BRC Advanced Therapies Accelerator. 

He is also Visiting Professor at Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan and Founder of MeiraGTx PLC, a Nasdaq-listed gene therapy company with offices in London and New York.

Sally-Anne is Quality Director, responsible for managing all Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Facilities and Supply Chain activities. Sally-Anne is also a trained QP and brings years of experience to the King's College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF).

Mo Mohammed is Operations Director at King's College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF). Mo has over twenty-five years of experience in leadership for sterile biological manufacturing & operations and specialises in GMP viral vector & vaccine manufacturing, supply chain and engineering management. Mo leads the manufacturing, operations, business development and project management teams to deliver customer GMP viral vectors on time & in budget.

Gaurav Bhavsar is a Technical Director at King's College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF). Gaurav has an MSc in Biotechnology and a PhD in Biochemical Engineering. Gaurav has over 20 years of experience in the Bioprocessing industry, manufacturing various products including viral vectors, monoclonal antibodies and small molecules for clinical applications. Gaurav has led on the set-up of our large-scale AAV manufacturing process in GTVF's cGMP compliant facility and is responsible for the PD, MSAT and GMP manufacturing teams.

Dr Henry Pegram is Head of Business Development at the Kings College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF). He is responsible for managing the flow of new cutting-edge academic or commercial vector manufacturing projects coming into the facility. Henry leads on maximizing the opportunities that the GTVF has to bring in the very best projects through strategic business development and marketing activities.

With a PhD in bio-engineering, and years of experience in business development, Henry combines a deep scientific knowledge with expertise in driving growth through strategic deployment of marketing and business development activities.