Dishman Group of Ahmedabad, India, has appointed Chris Oates as chief operating officer. He will report to Nick Green, president of the Dishman global contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) business.
Oates will assume responsibility for Indian and Chinese operations, managing the development, operation and improvement of the systems in the two manufacturing sites in India (Bavla and Naroda) and the new Shanghai facility, which is due for completion mid-2010.
In addition to the units in Naroda and China, Oates will be responsible for the nine plants at Bavla, including a large-scale high potency facility to be inaugurated at the end of January 2011.
Oates was most recently managing director of Uquifa Mexico. Prior to this he spent six years at Avecia Pharmaceuticals in the UK.
