Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 21, 2000

David Hanson – Ua Group Plc (uas.l)

DAVID DANSON is the Chief Executive Officer of UA Group Plc. He graduated in veterinary medicine and has spent most of his career in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry, initially in research and development and clinical trials and subsequently in marketing before moving into general management. He was Director - Global Marketing for the Veterinary Division of Mallinckrodt Inc and before joining UA Group Plc as CEO in 1998 he was Director General of the Swiss based veterinary pharmaceutical company, Biokema SA. He has lectured on marketing planning at a major UK business school and in addition to his position at UA, he was recently appointed to the board of Moredun Scientific Ltd, a leading contract biological research company, as a non-executive Director. Outside office hours he is a keen scuba diver and sailor. He enjoys fine wines, travel and as well as being a keen opera fan, he sings regularly as a principal baritone with a number of semi- professional companies. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a little history and a quick overview of

UA Group?

Mr. Danson: UA Group is a holding company which has two sources of

income. One is the management and