Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Provide competitive / market intelligence to assist strategic leadership decisions. Previously working on providing technical support to significant ($bn) merger and acquisition projects.

Managing all aspects of market research - from technical, tactical analysis of crop protection use, through to strategic discussion around branding. Also involved with R&D decision making, providing market assessments for new molecules and likely competitive landscape.

I also manage people and am responsible for a multi million $ budget.

Variety, interesting problems, chance to work with talented people from different backgrounds.

Pace of change.

Challenging, complicated industry, work with experts across a range of sciences.

General scientific background, and much of core area of PhD study (protein chemistry).

Conference travel, professional meetings, internal training (e.g. marketing), access to senior scientists/attorneys/financial/executives plus freedom to explore new areas of technology.

Research fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Worked for UK government department.

PhD.

There is scope for development in current role, but also having worked at one of most significant companies in the field is an advantage.

Be prepared to move around, look for openings, and try and broaden experiences away from pure bench science.