Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Andrew Mearns Spragg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Jellagen Pty Ltd. He has gained a first class honors Degree in Microbiology and a PhD in Marine

Biotechnology from Heriot-Watt University, UK. For the past 16 years his career has focused on the creation of companies involved with the commercial exploitation of marine based science and technologies. He has successfully risen over £12.5M in equity finance and has secured competitive grant funding from EU and UK sources worth >£2M. He was the recipient of the 2007 Gannochy Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh and his entrepreneurial achievements were recognized through winning the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year 2008 in Health Care for Scotland. He holds honorary chairs from the University of Stirling and Fellowships from the Royal Society of Chemistry and Biology.