Susan Lowther

Susan Lowther was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at Arecor in 2019. She brings significant financial leadership experience across a broad range of public and private life science companies. Susan joined Arecor from IXICO plc, an imaging contract research organisation where she defined the financing strategy and raised growth capital taking the company on a path to profitability.

Previously, she was Chief Financial Officer at Novacyt S.A. where she oversaw the acquisition of Lab21 Limited, CFO at BioWisdom Limited, who were acquired by Instem Plc, and Finance Director of RiboTargets Limited, from start-up until its acquisition by Vernalis plc.

Susan’s life-sciences career started at Celltech Group plc and included Head of Finance at Lonza Biologics (previously Celltech Biologics). As part of the leadership team, she was responsible for finance, HR, IT and facilities functions in the US and UK.

Susan has been a member of executive boards since 1997 and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants since 2003.