He came to public prominence in 2011 through the Porton Group's legal case with 3M which alerted the UK press to what became the Liam Fox and Adam Werritty scandal, and led to the resignation of the former as Secretary of State for Defence.
Under Boulter, as Chairman & CEO, Porton Group built a number of partnerships with Government laboratories, funding and developing technology for military purposes that have parallel commercial applications.
Since the creation of the company in 2004,[7] and with investment of over £140 Million, Enigma has developed, in part as a result of a partnership with GSK plc, into a point of care medical diagnostics business, achieving CE Mark accreditation in January 2014 on its Influenza A/B assay.
[8][9][10] In 2011, Boulter and Porton Group commenced litigation against 3M over the latter's failure to fulfill their contractual obligations regarding their purchase of Acolyte Biomedical Limited, and the MRSA detection technology Baclite.
However, Boulter as a public face in this complex lawsuit, exposed the unusual relationship between Adam Werritty and Liam Fox MP as a result of this bitterly contested litigation.
A British judge ordered the 3M Corporation to pay $1.3 million in damages Monday after finding that the company had failed to make good on its promise to market a diagnostic test to screen for a dangerous bacterium found in hospitals.
The decision, released in London, represented a legal victory for a British investment fund, the Porton Group, and its partners, who filed a lawsuit in 2008 claiming that 3M had breached its contract to commercialize the test.
Boulter was initially charged with obstruction of justice, which was later dropped as new evidence emerged, and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition,[18] and was expected to appear in the Outjo Magistrate Court on 23 April for his bail application.