Horizon Discovery appoints Terry Pizzie as CEO
Horizon Discovery Group plc has announced the appointment of Terry Pizzie as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director with immediate effect.
Terry joined Horizon Discovery in 2017 as Head of Commercial Operations and has close to 30 years of leadership experience within the Biotechnology Tools sector.
Prior to joining Horizon, Terry worked for Pacific Biosciences, first as Vice President Europe, and later as Head of Global Sales. Previous leadership roles include Director Global Commercial Operations at Genetix prior to its acquisition by Danaher; and Senior Vice President Global Commercial Operations at Swedish Biotechnology firm Biacore, where he was part of the team that reignited the company’s commercial success, culminating in its acquisition by GE Life Sciences in 2006. Terry started his career at Applied Biosystems in 1988 in a sales role and rose through the ranks to Vice President Europe in 2003. Terry graduated with a degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the University of Reading.