Building Globally Competitive Life Sciences Cluster Part 2: Finance and Investment

In line with UK Life Sciences Vision and competitiveness debates this event will focus on our regional strengths: bio-chem, pharma, clinical translation, advanced manufacturing and provoke discussion around - UK growth, resilience, supply chains and productivity with industry, investors, academia, and NHS partners. 

Key topics that will be covered:

Who should attend?

•  Entrepreneurs looking for investment
•  Business leaders looking to grow and scale
•  Academics/clinicians looking to spin out an idea
•  SME’s looking to develop collaborations 

What will attendees gain?

•  Learn from business leaders 
•  Hear from investment and funding expert
•  Engage in panel debate 
•  Network with like-minded businesses 
•  Develop new collaborations 

Confirmed speakers include:

• Andrew Lewis, CSO, Quotient Sciences
• Christian Kumar, CEO and Founder, Lab Makers
• Louise Knowles, Deputy Director Innovation Accelerator, MHRA 
• Ben Reasbeck, Head Life Sciences, Barclays 
• David Hawkins, Medical Device Regulatory, Quality and Compliance Consultant Sotas
• Nat Hutley, Founder and CEO, Koodos Private Markets Venture Capital & Private Equity 
• Jan Godsell, Dean at Loughborough Business School, Prof of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy
• Lewis Stringer, Senior Manager,  British Business Bank
• Melanie Davidson, CEO of Medilink Midlands 
• Andrew Mumford, CEO of Initiate Consultancy 
• Helen Compton, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, NIHR 
• Kieran Borrett, Director, Plug and Play 
• Nicole McGlennon, Managing Director at Health Innovation Network East Midlands
• Sam Stephens, Director, TBAT