Experience

Human Centric Drug Discovery

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & co-founder

  • Dec 2021 - 2 years 1 month

  United Kingdom



Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Expert Data Commercial Advisor

  • Jun 2019 - 4 years 7 months

  London, England Metropolitan Area



UCL Global Business School for Health

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Sep 2022 - 1 year 4 months

  London, England, United Kingdom



Precision Strategy

• Founder

  • Mar 2019 - 4 years 10 months

  London, United Kingdom Precision Strategy is a healthcare consulting firm supporting clients with strategy and operations on topics including precision medicine, healthcare data, genomics. Clients: health data research company, national industry association, national research institute and early drug research organisation.



DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research Hub for Cancer

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Director

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2022

  London, United Kingdom I led on commercial interactions & data access for the UK cancer data access hub, including setting up HEOR/RWE studies for major pharma companies. The network is still going strong so i can link you to the current team if wanted.



Medicines Discovery Catapult

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Precision Medicine Lead

  • Jun 2017 - Mar 2019

  United Kingdom



Precision Medicine Catapult

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Feb 2017 - Jun 2017



Genomics England

• Managing Director Main Programme

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2017

  London Planning, set-up and delivery of the main programme (c. 30k whole genomes sequenced so far) Led on Illumina contract and ran relationship including setting up clinical interpretation partnership



Syncona Partners

• Partner

  • 2012 - Dec 2013

  London, United Kingdom £200m fund investing in early stage healthcare ventures Funded by (and gains accrue to) Wellcome Trust



Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Stratified Medicine

  • Feb 2010 - Oct 2012

  Set up & led £7m cancer genetic testing programme across 24 hospitals and 3 labs, CRUK, NHS, DH, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Oracle, Roche, BMS, Illumina, UK Cancer Registries Took the project from idea to fully operational: strategy development, operational planning, government liaison, partnership development, financial and IP contracting, designed and hired team, hospital and lab selection, programme management, bolt-on partnerships, performance management, international collaborations… Show more Set up & led £7m cancer genetic testing programme across 24 hospitals and 3 labs, CRUK, NHS, DH, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Oracle, Roche, BMS, Illumina, UK Cancer Registries Took the project from idea to fully operational: strategy development, operational planning, government liaison, partnership development, financial and IP contracting, designed and hired team, hospital and lab selection, programme management, bolt-on partnerships, performance management, international collaborations, presentations at conferences (including ASCO and WIN), published in peer-reviewed journals, found successor and moved on. Show less



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate (Healthcare)

  • Mar 2008 - Jan 2010

  Management consultant at McKinsey specialising in national healthcare delivery and strategy.



Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Strategic Projects and Analysis

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2008

  Leading CR-UK's health strategy and subsequent delivery of health promotion activities across the charity and in partnership



Credo

• Consultant

  • 2001 - 2005

  Strategy consultant, working on english and french clients in defence, services and telco. Managed projects and sold work.



Stratorg

• Consultant (secondment)

  • 2003 - 2003

  Defence consulting (naval, outsourcing)



Frontier Media

• Manager

  • 2001 - 2002

  Managed a profitable telco startup putting music content onto mobiles via IVR/WAP.