Dr. Alan Fletcher Joins PerkinElmer as Vice President of Bio-Discovery Business Development
PerkinElmer, Inc. announced that Alan Fletcher, Ph.D., has joined the Company as vice president, business development for PerkinElmer's Life and Analytical Sciences business. In this role, Fletcher will be responsible for growing the Bio-discovery business through the development of strategic partnerships and alliances in the life science research area, and the introduction of new technologies for GPCR, kinase and biomarker drug target classes.
Fletcher brings nearly 20 years of operational, technical and commercial experience in the drug discovery and life science industries to his new position. "Alan's arrival is an important next step in the growth of our Bio-discovery business," said Richard Eglen, Ph.D., president, Bio-discovery, PerkinElmer. "He brings both strong expertise in technology and drug discovery, as well as proven leadership qualities that will be instrumental in further positioning PerkinElmer as the industry's leading provider of cellular screening and drug discovery reagent technologies and services."
Fletcher joins PerkinElmer from GE Healthcare where he held multiple positions in the company's life science and discovery systems business units. Prior to this, Fletcher held a range of leadership roles within consumer products, biotechnology, R&D, and technology transfer for a number of Fortune 500 corporations, where he gained extensive experience in business development, commercialization of biological and chemical research, strategy development, and technology assessment and development.
Fletcher has a doctorate in biochemical pharmacology from the University of London in the United Kingdom. He has been published widely in the areas of drug discovery and high throughput screening, and has served as a member of the board of directors for the Society of Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) since 2002 and as chairman of the board in 2005.
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