Paul Ashton

Dr. Paul Ashton was named pSivida Corp.’s President & Chief Executive Officer in January 2009, having previously served as Managing Director from January 2007 to January 2009 and Executive Director of Strategy from December 2005 to January 2007. Dr. Ashton was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Control Delivery Systems, Inc. from 1996 until its acquisition by pSivida Corp. in December 2005. CDS was a drug delivery company that Dr. Ashton co-founded in 1991. Prior to co-founding CDS, Dr. Ashton was a joint faculty member in the departments of ophthalmology and surgery at the University of Kentucky, served on the faculty of Tufts University and worked as a pharmaceutical scientist at Hoffmann-La Roche. Dr. Ashton received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Durham University, England, and a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical science from the University of Wales.