Elwood Vogt, Chief Executive Officer
Elwood Vogt is a broadly experienced, international general management executive, who joined CEMMNT as its CEO in July 2006. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the CEMMNT partnership and developing the business to achieve financial self-sufficiency.
During his career, Elwood has held positions in sales and marketing, business development, manufacturing, and general management in both the Life Science and Oil & Gas industries. As General Manager of Sigma-Aldrich’s Scottish subsidiary in Irvine, he led the turnaround of this GMP manufacturing operation, successfully growing its business and completing a major facility expansion, before he was promoted to Vice President for Biotechnology Manufacturing with worldwide responsibility for multiple sites. Prior to this, Elwood worked in the Oil & Gas industry, primarily in international sales, where he increased revenues significantly in the Far East & Asia, Middle East, and Europe. More recently, Elwood has held full-time director roles in start-up companies in the Life Sciences sector, as well as providing consultancy to clients in the public and private sectors across multiple industries.
Paul Newbatt, Business Development Director
With over twenty years general management and business development experience gained in both the UK and US, Paul has established a track record of positively influencing strategic development within international high technology markets.
A 1st degree in Chemistry & Renewable Resources at Brunel University, was followed by postgraduate research which provided a credible platform from which he has identified and exploited new market and product opportunities throughout his career. After successfully selling and managing the sales and marketing of analytical instrumentation in the UK, he was invited to move his family to New England, to lead their US team. Following acquisition by their major US competitor, Rheometrics Inc., Paul accepted their offer to move to New Jersey and head up the entire sales and marketing operation for the Americas, returning to the UK after 7 years as Managing Director of Rheometric Scientific Ltd. As the Worldwide Web industry ballooned, he was headhunted by a young data management company and successfully set up an adjunct business outsourcing their capabilities for clients including the Home Office, Gartner and Microsoft. For the last 6 years he has directed the sales and marketing activities of Phoenix Scientific Industries Ltd., an engineering/manufacturing company supplying bespoke equipment, technology and services for advanced nano and micro material processing.