Alfred Botchway

Dr. Alfred Botchway is the CEO and Chief Relationship Officer of Attentive Science, a nonclinical contract research laboratory which focuses on assessing the safety profile of biopharmaceutical and agrochemical products. Alfred has decades of experience spanning academic research, a major pharmaceutical company and operating contract laboratories, consequently retaining considerable insight into drug and/or chemical development. Alfred’s experience includes developing cost-effective methods, managing multi-million-dollar budgets, and extensive research in safety pharmacology with particular emphasis on arrhythmogenic activities. Dr. Alfred Botchway served as the President of the International Safety Pharmacology Society, after having been on the Board of Directors for over 5 years. In addition to his scientific endeavors, he also served on the State of Kansas’s Council of Economic Advisors. Alfred graduated from Pipeline (an Entrepreneurial Immersion Program), and was elected the first President of the Alumni and served on the Pipeline Board of Directors for numerous years. Dr. Alfred Botchway was the Founder and President of Xenometrics, LLC., a contract laboratory which he led for 12 years. After Xenometrics was acquired, Alfred exited Xenometrics and spent time leading BioKansas (the trade organization for the state of Kansas) as its Chair of the Board and Interim CEO. Dr Alfred Botchway has served on multiple boards and remains active with numerous organizations.

Alfred holds a BSc and an MSc in Biomedical Science from the University of Kingston, Surrey, UK and the North East College of Technology, Surrey, UK, respectively. By virtue of his masters (hematology major), he developed a keen interest in cardiovascular physiology. Subsequent to a special interest and research in electrophysiological changes associated with regression of left ventricular hypertrophy, Alfred was awarded a Ph.D. from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK. Dr Alfred Botchway is also a Diplomate of the international Safety Pharmacology Society.