Experience

Nucleate

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Strategy (UK)

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  - World's largest student-led biotech 'activator' and educational organisation, with $2m of capital being deployed on European cohorts - 3rd team member on the Nucleate UK project, helped bridge the expansion from US to UK and beyond - Played a crucial role in recruitment, strategy, organisation and launch, working closely with colleagues in Oxford and London and with Nucleate HQ (US) - World's largest student-led biotech 'activator' and educational organisation, with $2m of capital being deployed on European cohorts - 3rd team member on the Nucleate UK project, helped bridge the expansion from US to UK and beyond - Played a crucial role in recruitment, strategy, organisation and launch, working closely with colleagues in Oxford and London and with Nucleate HQ (US)



Nucleate UK

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MD and Co-Founder - Nucleate Cambridge

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Entrepreneur First

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Polaris Fellow

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Admitted to the Polaris fellowship, a new, highly-selective program by EF designed to cultivate the most ambitious thinkers and their ideas. Admitted to the Polaris fellowship, a new, highly-selective program by EF designed to cultivate the most ambitious thinkers and their ideas.



Mountside Ventures

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Oct 2020 - Present

  Searching for the very best founders and tech/healthcare startups (UK and Europe) who are looking to raise their next round of funding (Seed to Series B). Get in touch via LinkedIn message

• • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  Areas of work:- Analysis and due diligence, including on life sciences, biotech and medtech ventures, as well as B2C, B2B SaaS and fintech- Presenting investment analysis to the partners of the firm.- Liaising with investors and connecting Limited Partners with startups/venture capital firms- Supporting ad-hoc projects; conducting research and compiling data on startup and venture-related topics - Attending startup events and conferences, and building relationships with the innovation ecosystem (startups, accelerators, investors, LPs) Show less



Stealth Mode Biotech

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

  - Contracted to help advise an early-stage immunoncology startup - Contracted to help advise an early-stage immunoncology startup



Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Student

  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  Visiting student in the labs of Saar Gill and Carl June at the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. - Using base-editing to optimise and develop new CAR-T therapies for haematologic cancers and other indications - Funded by the Sir Hans Kornberg prize (awarded by Christ's College) and as a scholar of the British Society of Haematology Visiting student in the labs of Saar Gill and Carl June at the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. - Using base-editing to optimise and develop new CAR-T therapies for haematologic cancers and other indications - Funded by the Sir Hans Kornberg prize (awarded by Christ's College) and as a scholar of the British Society of Haematology



Cambridge University Biotech Society

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology

• President and Founder

  • Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

  Cambridge's foremost network for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. For enquires and collaboration proposals please get in touch at ag2166@cam.ac.uk Cambridge's foremost network for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. For enquires and collaboration proposals please get in touch at ag2166@cam.ac.uk



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

  - Investigating the function of the rhomboid-like protein TMEM115 and its importance in normal cellular physiology and pathophysiology. - Lab of Prof Matthew Freeman, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology (Head of Department). - J.B and Millicent Kaye Prize for Cancer Research (grant funding awarded by Christ's College, Cambridge). - Invited to present my research at the Annual Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Science Conference, alongside two Nobel laureates - Investigating the function of the rhomboid-like protein TMEM115 and its importance in normal cellular physiology and pathophysiology. - Lab of Prof Matthew Freeman, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology (Head of Department). - J.B and Millicent Kaye Prize for Cancer Research (grant funding awarded by Christ's College, Cambridge). - Invited to present my research at the Annual Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Science Conference, alongside two Nobel laureates



CUVCPE - Cambridge University Venture Capital and Private Equity Society

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Treasurer

  • Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

  Treasurer of the Venture Capital and Private Equity society. Role involves managing funds/accounts, sponsorship and organising events with external speakers for up to 200 attendees. - Co-founded and led a now annual event series for Cambridge founders: "Lift Off: a series of workshops for early-stage startups" - Helped organise and moderate events with speakers from firms including Andreesen Horowitz and F-prime Capital - Assisted with launching new collaborations and partnerships, such as with Hummingbird Ventures, PwC and StartCodon Show less



Jefferies

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Spring Intern

  • Apr 2021 - Apr 2021

  Equities division. Was made an offer to return as a Summer Analyst (2022) Equities division. Was made an offer to return as a Summer Analyst (2022)



Cambridge Consulting Network - HQ

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

  Promoted to Engagement Manager for a project navigating fundraising strategy and business development. Helped launch a biotech startup and liaised with leading researchers at a Cambridge lab to fund and organise a study involving preclinical testing of a drug candidate.

• • Nov 2020 - Feb 2021

  Management consultant at the UK's largest student consultancy firm (offices in Cambridge, London and Hong Kong) for an early-stage biopharma venture looking to commercialise an innovative therapeutic. Work done on market analysis, pharmaceutical asset modelling and strategy on funding and preclinical development.



Start Codon

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Leader - Venture Programme

  • Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

  Leading a team of graduate students on a due diligence project with a startup accelerator, producing weekly reports on life sciences startups and spinouts. Leading a team of graduate students on a due diligence project with a startup accelerator, producing weekly reports on life sciences startups and spinouts.



The Babraham Institute

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Researcher (Student) Welch lab

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Working in the Welch lab as a visiting student on the mechanism, function and targeting potential of GPCR trafficking by PRex Rac-GEFs and also investigating GEF-independent functions of PRex Working in the Welch lab as a visiting student on the mechanism, function and targeting potential of GPCR trafficking by PRex Rac-GEFs and also investigating GEF-independent functions of PRex



GSK

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research internship in Protein and Cell Sciences

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2019

  One week placement in the Protein and Cell Sciences Research Department. Projects included antibody production and purification and mass spectrometry One week placement in the Protein and Cell Sciences Research Department. Projects included antibody production and purification and mass spectrometry