US drugmaker Catalent has appointed Graham Brearley as general manager of the company’s Madison, Wisconsin biomanufacturing facility. Brearley has over 25 years’ technical, operations and business experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. In his most recent position, he served as senior director, Technical Operations with Shire. Prior to that, Brearley held leadership positions at Sigma-Aldrich and Baxter. He has a bachelor's degree in applied biology from Thames Polytechnic, UK and a doctorate in biochemistry from the Council of National Academic Awards.