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was built for biomedical research, precision medicine and healthcare communities, to enable it stay ahead.

Furthermore, last month saw the business celebrate the opening of what has become its headquarters, in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the largest acute hospital in western Europe and set to play a key role in precision medicine activity in Scotland.

The new office is in addition to premises in Edinburgh and houses an expanding team, with the business highlighting “a focus on the development of data-driven, operational clinical services that will benefit patients within Scotland and further afield”.

Roche also stresses that the new site, which enables Aridhia to work more closely with the University of Glasgow and ● Born: 1965, London ● Education: 1st Class BSC Computing and Information Technology ● First job: Paper round when I was 13 ● Ambition while at school: Nothing specific – I just enjoyed school ● What car do you drive: BMW X5 – useful for getting to horse events as I’m a keen supporter of Riding for the Disabled and carriage driving the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre, that having a physical presence remains crucial despite the growth in remote working. “Being ● Favourite mode of transport: Horses. I ride most weeks and compete in show jumping whenever possible ● Music: Anything country. Van Morrison would be an alltime favourite ● Kindle or book: ipad while travelling and reading on a plane but still prefer a physical book to read at night ● Can’t live without: A good cup of tea ● What inspires you: People with a great attitude who want to get things done. ● Favourite place: Home with people and being able to build that collaborative ecosystem and this idea of ecosystem economics is a really good thing.”

His career started studying