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October 2025 Simon Allsop My last two employers I worked at for eleven and twelve years respectively. I don’t make changes lightly! Having enjoyed a rejuvenating break over the summer months I am absolutely full of energy and enthusiasm for my new venture; Cure8 Life Science. Cure8 will focus solely on senior appointments for Life Science companies. Throughout a long career in board and executive search I always held the ambition of eventually founding my own company, an ambi

Life Science leadership discussion with Simon Allsop and Jan Thirkettle, CEO of Harness Therapeutics December 2024 SA:  Hello I'm Simon Allsop. Welcome to today's CEO interview with Jan Thirkette. Jan is the CEO of Harness Therapeutics and a board member with Epilepsy GTX. Jan has enjoyed a highly distinguished career during which he has worked at the the forefront of emerging science. After 20 very successful years at GSK Jan spent six years at the Syncona based start-up gen

Simon Allsop August 2024 I first heard the term ‘hard yards’ when living in Australia. I think I first heard it from a Rugby League or Australian Rules football commentator describing the hard-earned gains a player makes when advancing through tacklers, even dragging them along in a super-human effort. The hard yards are the most strenuous, precious marginal gains that often make all the difference. It is all too easy to quit or relent when faced with the hard yards. That is