Meet the Team

Bruno has built extensive experience in technology commercialisation for public, private, and university partners worldwide. With his academic background in Life Sciences, he focuses on commercialising early-stage research outputs aligned with social development goals. Bruno supports research commercialisation, from identifying inventive concepts to IP strategy and engaging commercial partners. He co-founded an innovation management company in Portugal, Triple Helix Technologies, and has extensive expertise in intellectual property, social enterprise, spin-outs, and business model development. Bruno holds an MBA, PhD in Developmental Biology, MSc in Neuroscience, and BSc in Biomedical Sciences.

Hamish specialises in knowledge exchange (KE), commercialisation, and innovation management. He delivers consultancy, training, and strategy development to higher education, research, and government organisations. His background includes creating England's first Knowledge Exchange Framework, managing KE funding, and leading research projects. Hamish specialises in KEC strategy, data analysis, compliance and intellectual property. He holds a PhD and MEng from the University of Bath and has certifications in PRINCE2 and Lean/Six Sigma.

Irene combines academic research and professional experience in governmental offices. At Oxentia, she delivers innovation management programmes and develops new courses for technology transfer professionals. Previously, as an Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick, Irene led interdisciplinary research on citizenship. She worked as a Junior Policy Officer at Unioncamere del Veneto in Brussels and at Openpolis, an NGO in Rome. With a joint PhD in Philosophy from Monash University and the University of Warwick, Irene has worked in Italy, France, Belgium, Australia, and the UK.

Lisa's expertise in cross-organisational collaboration paved her way to manage and deliver high quality global entrepreneurship and innovation projects. She leverages her commercial background to assist with business development and operations opportunities. Her business growth and innovation expertise, paired with her executive education programme management has refined her partnership building capabilities over the years. Having supported SMEs to drive investment and innovation grants through BEIS, UKRI, and Innovate UK collaborations, makes her an ideal mentor in promoting collaboration and business development.

Franziska collaborates with organisations across the world, facilitating technology commercialisation through market analysis, technology scouting, and IP assessment. Her focus lies in medical, life sciences, pharmaceutical sectors, and clean technologies tackling environmental challenges. Previously, at the University of Oxford, she contributed to a collaborative drug discovery project with industry partners. Franziska holds a broad biomedical background, a PhD in Neurophysiology, and expertise in innovation strategy, IP landscaping, competitor analysis, innovation ecosystem reviews, and drug discovery.