Management Team

Baskaran Nagendran: Founder – Managing Director

Baskaran graduated in 1996 with a degree in Analytical chemistry. He has been in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years and has amassed a wealth of knowledge. He has also acquired fellowship into the royal society of chemistry. In 2004 he co-founded Zeta and for the majority his time was the Head of Analytical, but as of May has been promoted to Managing director. In his spare time Baskaran enjoys educating QP students, meditation and developing software (the in-house QMS system was designed by him) 

Guruparasharma Shadadsharasarma: Founder - Laboratory Director 

Guru began his career as a physical analyst at Wallis Laboratory, where he gained valuable experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He later worked as an analyst at GSK, building on his strong foundation in analytical chemistry. With over 25 years of industry experience, Guru is one of the founding members of Zeta Analytical. In the early stages of the company, he worked as an analyst before taking on the responsibility of overseeing the day-to-day operations of the laboratory. He also manages the procurement of laboratory supplies. Outside of work, Guru enjoys cycling, walking, and listening to music. 

Priya Gohil: Office Manager 

Priya started working for Zeta in 2006 as a summer job as an analyst in the physical team. 

She joined Zeta full-time after finishing university in 2013 and joined the Accounts/HR team. 

She enjoyed the HR side of the role, so she completed her CIPD qualification in 2022 and became an Associate Member in 2023. 

In 2023, she completed the ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management to assist with the office manager role. 

She is responsible for the entire HR and financial responsibilities, and outside of work life, she loves spending time with her 1-year-old daughter 😊 

Nikul Patel: Quality Assurance Manager 

Nikul joined Zeta in 2013 after graduating and has gained a vast amount of experience and knowledge in Quality control testing, quality assurance, leadership and management within a GMP environment. Nikul has grown alongside Zeta to become the Head of Quality and Compliance, and has contributed meaningfully to the growing success of the organisation. In his spare time, he loves to watch documentaries about astronomy and is an avid gamer 

Mayur Gohil: Founder and Former Managing Director 

Mayur has worked for 20 years for a UK based manufacturing facility in QA and did his QP training with the same company in 1999 

In 2003 he worked as a technical Director responsible for product development, Regulatory and QA. My main role was to Manage new products from initial application to launch. He worked there full time until 2014 and until 2023 as a consultant  

Mayur co-founded Zeta in 2004 along with some of the other partners and here have been responsible for new business and QA. He was responsible for handling all regulatory and client audits, GMP compliance and all commercial activities. As one of the founding members of Zeta, he has seen the number of employees grow from 2 to almost 48 and a significant growth in the business year on year 

Away from Zeta from 2003 Mayur has been involved with supporting facilities in the main overseas to achieve Regulatory approvals. He has also been in setting up MIA’s in the UK and Europe for whom I have acted as a QP and managed product launches from MA grant to Launch.