Chris Ward is Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder at StrataStem Ltd. Chris has worked in the stem cell field for over 20 years and is a recognised expert in the use of iPSCs as in vitro models of neurological disease. He is Honorary Reader in Stem Cell Biology at The University of Manchester and has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed papers and written numerous book chapters.
Lisa has over 10 years expertise in human stem cell biology both in academia and industry. She was awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh/BBRSC Enterprise Fellowship to help translate her research findings and was recently named as one of BioBeat16 'Rising Stars' of the top 50 UK women entrepreneurs and leaders in Biobusiness in 2016.
Stephen is a successful business consultant within the Life Sciences with a proven track record of over ten years of expert commercial and strategic management to help launch new innovative companies into healthcare markets. His skills include company creation and corporate structuring, valuation and structuring seed and follow on investments, and commercialization deal negotiation across the consumer, diagnostic, device and therapeutics sectors.