"Hedley Rees holds a degree in production engineering from the University of Wales and an executive MBA from the Cranfield University School of Management. After working as an industrial engineer, Hedley held senior positions at Bayer UK, British Biotech, Vernalis, Ortho- Clinical Diagnostics, and OSI Pharmaceuticals before becoming the managing consultant at PharmaFlow Ltd, a UK-based consultancy specialising in operations and supply chain management in the life science sector."