Eliot Forster is the CEO of Solace Pharmaceuticals, with focus on research and development for innovative treatments for pain. He was born in the North East of England and has lived and worked in both the UK and USA for Glaxo and Pfizer. He is a graduate from the University of Liverpool, where he gained a PhD in Neurophysiology and has a MBA from Henley Management College. Eliot is a non-executive director to Oxford Bio Therapeutics and Atlantic Healthcare and also works with universities in support of their Enterprise activities. Eliot is a Kent County Ambassador.

Eliot has three children, some chickens, several sheep and active interests in running, politics, poetry, food and wine.