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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Oxfordshire based COO’ operating in the Biotechnology space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sebastian Brunemeier
Founder & COO of Samsara Therapeutics
Sebastian Brunemeier is the Founder and COO of Samsara Therapeutics.
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About Cyclone Therapeutics, Samsara Therapeutics, U.S. Department of State, University of Oxford: Samsara Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to discover therapeutics to treat rare genetic and neurodegenerative disease.
Priya Mande
Chief Operating Officer of Psioxus Therapeutics
Priya Mande has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector. She was previously at PowderMed responsible for vaccine immunotherapeutic projects, collaboration with academic institutions and Joint Ventures with other Pharma companies targeting influenza, chronic viral diseases and cancer. Priya was also the Vaccine Research Project Leader for Influenza at Pfizer before becoming COO of Hybrid BioSystems in 2009. She has previously held various roles within Glaxo Wellcome and Glaxo SmithKline over a 12 year period where she was most recently senior Director of R&D Business Projects. Priya studied Biochemistry at Brunel University, received a MBA with distinction from the London Business School and has a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. Priya has received several awards for project leadership including an international collaboration award at the 26th US Army Science Conference.
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About Psioxus Therapeutics: Psioxus Therapeutics is a cancer gene therapy company delivers medicines of value to patients with cancer.
Thomas Fleming
Co-Founder & COO of Arctoris
Thomas Fleming is an award-winning chemist, cancer researcher, and SME Leader of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Tom is the Co-Founder & COO at Arctoris.
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About Arctoris: Arctoris is a tech-enabled platform company in biotechnology, combining robotics & data science to accelerate drug discovery.
Cliff Holloway
COO of Benitec Ltd
Cliff brings over 25 years of life science industry experience to Scancell in the development and commercialisation of emerging technologies and therapeutic products including licensing, M&A, corporate financing and operations management. Most recently he was Chief Business and Operating Officer of Benitec Biopharma Ltd (ASX:BLT, NASDAQ:BNTC). Prior to his role at Benitec he held the position of Managing Director at Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Ltd (ASX:SDX), and also for therapeutic antibody development companies Immune System Therapeutics Ltd and Biosceptre International Ltd. He was formerly VP of Business Development at Arana Therapeutics Ltd, which was acquired by US-based Cephalon Inc (now Teva) in 2009, and he is currently a director of investment fund Newstar Ventures Pty Ltd. Cliff holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.
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About Benitec Ltd, Newstar Ventures Pty Ltd., Scancell: Benitec Biopharma is using patented ‘gene-silencing’ technology to develop drugs for chronic and life-threatening human diseases.
Daniel Green
Chief Operating Officer of Caristo Diagnostics
Experienced start-up executive, most recently COO at Perspectum Diagnostics. Led multiple products through successful FDA and CE clearances. 20 years in medical device industry, both hardware and software.
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About Caristo Diagnostics: Caristo Diagnostics utilises standard CT scans to identify potentially heart-stopping plaques
