Antony Fitzpatrick has a first class BSc in aeronautical engineering from the University of Manchester and an MSc in numerical computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He joined Vectura from Baxter, where he had worked since 1999, having been responsible for global supply chain and most recently VP manufacturing and supply chain for EMEA. This role included operations with 24 manufacturing sites, production values worth over $1.5bn, 9,000 employees and capex of over $100m. His Baxter experience includes operating in both a pharma product environment and in product device and pure medical device operations. Prior to working at Baxter he worked in various manufacturing and logistics roles for Ingram Micro (IT technology), Exel Logistics, Coopers and Lybrand and Mobil Oil.