Appointment
Karin Schmitt. Picture: Phil Mynott

Mogrify appoints new CBO and COO

Mogrify appoints 15 new staff including, Dr Karin Schmitt as Chief Business Officer and Joe Foster as Chief Operating Officer

Mogrify Ltd, a UK company active in the field of cell therapies, today announced that it has moved to the Bio-Innovation Centre at the Cambridge Science Park, following the appointment of 15 new staff to its scientific and management teams including, Dr. Karin Schmitt as Chief Business Officer and Joe Foster as Chief Operating Officer. With these new hires and facilities Mogrify aims to build a scalable infrastructure to generate IP around novel cell conversion to power the development and manufacture of new cell therapies across multiple therapeutic areas.

Mogrify is located at TusPark’s Cambridge Bio-Innovation Centre featuring facilities for biotech research and health-tech innovation. The new team members include cell scientists, bioinformaticians and executives, bringing the Company’s headcount currently to 20.

Dr. Karin Schmitt will lead Mogrify’s commercial operations and its R&D function in her role as Chief Business Officer. She has over 25 years’ experience. Joe Foster’s role as Chief Operating Officer will consist of managing the corporate operations as well as driving Mogrify’s IP management function.