Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 29, 2001

Colin Anderson – Theratase Plc (the.l)

COLIN ANDERSON (41) is the Finance Director of Theratase Plc. He spent nine years with STC Plc's Submarine Systems and Optical Fibre manufacturing units, including spells as Financial Controller of STC Australia and of STC Southampton, and as Manufacturing Manager, Terminal Equipment. He then joined WordPerfect UK, a franchise of the software company and within a year, with two colleagues, bought out the company's computer dealership and services arm, becoming Joint Managing and Finance Director. During the next five years the company became one of the first UK businesses to sell offshore programming in partnership with India's largest computer services company. He joined Enviromed Plc (now Theratase) in 1993 as Group Financial Controller and became Finance Director in August 1999. Profile
TWST: Colin, could you begin with a quick introduction to the company:

bring us up to date, please.

Mr. Anderson: Theratase was set up in 1993 as Enviromed Plc, had a very

unsettled and