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Appointed to the Board in 2004 and elected in 2005. From 1994 to 2004 Prof. Jones was the Director General of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). From 1987 to 1994 Prof. Jones was a main Board Director at Wellcome plc. Prof. Jones received his bachelor of pharmacy degree and Ph.D. from the University of London. Prof. Jones has also gained an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens as well as honorary doctorates in science from the Universities of Strathclyde Nottingham Bath and Bradford in the United Kingdom. Furthermore Prof. Jones was recognized in the Queen's Honors List and holds the title of Commander of the British Empire. Prof. Jones is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine a fellow of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of its Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and an honorary fellow of the British Pharmacological Society. Prof. Jones is Chairman of the Board of ReNeuron Group plc People in Health Ltd and Synexus Ltd and a board member of Merlin Biosciences' Funds I and II and NextPharma Technologies Holdings Ltd. Sigma-Tau Finanziaria S.p.A. and Verona Pharma plc. Prof. Jones is also a founder of the Geneva-based public-private partnership Medicines for Malaria Venture and the UK Stem Cell Foundation.
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