Genus plc

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Genus plc
Public
Traded as LSE: GNS
Industry Biotechnology
Founded 1933
Headquarters Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Key people
 Bob Lawson, Chairman[1]
Karim Bitar, CEO[1]
Revenue £398.5 million (2015)[2]
£59.5 million (2015)[2]
£40.5 million (2015)[2]
Website www.genusplc.com

Genus plc is a British-based business selling products manufactured using biotechnology to cattle and pig farmers. It is headquartered in Basingstoke and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

History[edit]

The business has its origins in the former Breeding & Production Division of the Milk Marketing Board which was established in 1933 and broken up in 1994.[3] In 1999 Genus acquired ABS Global, a company founded by J.R. Prentice in the US as the American Breeders Service in 1941 selling the semen of cattle.[4] In 2005 Genus acquired, through the takeover of Sygen International plc, PIC, a company founded by six pork producers in the UK as the Pig Improvement Company in 1962.[5]

Board of Directors[edit]

  • Bob Lawson (Chairman)[1]
  • Karim Bitar (CEO)
  • Stephen Wilson (Group Finance Director)
  • Nigel Turner (Senior Non-Executive Director)
  • Mike Buzzacott (Non-Executive Director)
  • Professor Duncan Maskell (Non-Executive Director)
  • Lykele van der Broek (Non-Executive Director)
  • Dan Hartley (Group General Counsel & Company Secretary)

Operations[edit]

The Company has two divisions:

  • ABS - products for cattle
  • PIC - products for pigs

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Genus plc - Investor Relations - Genus Board". genusplc.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015. 
  2. ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2015". Genus plc. Retrieved 9 April 2016. 
  3. ^ The BSE Inquiry
  4. ^ ABS Global Parent Reports Positive Year-End Results and Stock Listing
  5. ^ "Genus Completes Acquisition Of Sygen". The Pig Site. Retrieved 28 March 2015. 

External links[edit]

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