Richard Peter Dixey

RICHARD PETER DIXEY is Chief Executive Officer of Phytopharm Plc. He has
a BA (honors) in Physiological Sciences (Oxford, 1973), a PhD in
Biophysics (London, 1984) and an MSc in History and Philosophy of
Science (London, 1988). He founded the Bioelectronic Research Unit at St
Bartholomew’s Hospital, London in 1979 and became its Director in 1984.
In 1990 he became a Founding Director of Phytopharm Limited and its Vice
Chairman in 1992. In 1994 he became Chief Executive Officer of the
company and led its flotation as Phytopharm Plc in 1996. In 1989 he
founded Chakra Limited, an investment company, of which he remains a
Director.