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Genus plc

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Type
  
Public

Industry
  
Biotechnology

Revenue
  
398.5 million GBP (2015)

Net income
  
40.5 million GBP (2015)

Traded as
  
LSE: GNS

Website
  
www.genusplc.com

Founded
  
1933

Operating income
  
59.5 million GBP (2015)

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Key people
  
Bob Lawson, ChairmanKarim Bitar, CEO

Stock price
  
GNS (LON) 1,804.17 GBX +42.17 (+2.39%)10 Mar, 4:49 PM GMT - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries
  
ABS Global, Pig Improvement Company UK

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.

Contents

History

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. 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. 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.

Board of Directors

  • Bob Lawson (Chairman)
  • 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

    The Company has two divisions:

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

    • References

    Genus plc Wikipedia
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