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BUSINESS SUPPORT TEAM

Maki Aoyama
Business Development Manager

Maki advises a number of pharma, biotech and consumer health companies in a number of projects, especially in finding licensing assets. Prior to joining LTN, Maki was Project Manager at the UK operation of the Japanese pharmaceutical company Sosei Co Ltd, where she managed alliances with biotech companies within the drug reprofiling team. She has also worked in Tokyo for a number of companies including Pfizer and the Japan Management Association. Maki was born in Japan and was educated in Europe and so is fully bilingual and bicultural. Maki obtained her MSc in Pharmacology and BA (Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, with subsequent training received from the London Business School.

m.aoyama@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8685

Dr Alessandro Faraci
Business Development Manager

Alessandro is the Business Development Manager for the ICT sector at LTN. He holds a doctorate degree from Imperial College London (UK), where he was working on various medical simulators improving the real-time 3D simulation of soft tissue deformation with force feedback. His research interests include virtual reality, medical imaging, image processing, real time simulation, force feedback, human machine interface . He obtained a BSc in Applied Mathematics and MSc in Statistics from the University of Genoa (Italy) and worked in IT consultancy in Madrid (Spain) where he was managing the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for various corporate and government clients. In his current position he facilitates relationships between academics from top rate university departments and companies in London, East of England and South East of England to engage in high innovative technological collaboration with partners across the UK and Europe.

a.faraci@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8680

Dr Andy Hebb
Business Development Manager

Andy works with academics and industry across the UK and Europe to identify innovative R&D, business opportunities and partners in the environmental, engineering, and manufacturing sectors. Within this role he also leads an Environmental Technologies Special Interest Group which focuses on the promotion of UK research and business in the sector. Prior to this, Andy took the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Clean Materials Technology Group at Queen Mary, University of London, where he was involved in a number of collaborative projects with industry. He has also worked in a technical capacity for Reckitt Benckiser and Castrol International. Andy obtained his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry and dense gas solvents from the University of Liverpool and M.Sci. (Hons) in Applied Chemistry from Sheffield Hallam University.

a.hebb@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8681

Peter Hicks
Technology Consultant

Peter's role is split between helping physical science companies innovate by linking them into the UK's leading research institute and helping the SE regions university departments commercialise their research base. Peter has over 30 years of experience working in commercial organisations. Prior to working at LTN Peter worked as one of the General Managers of ARM Holdings PLC where he introduced many successful products that are still used today in multiple applications.  Throughout his career, Peter has worked in a number of electronic engineering start-up companies in a range of roles, including design consultant, marketing and sales, both in the US and Europe. Peter holds a BSc in Electronics from the University of Surrey and a MSc from UMIST in Integrated Circuit Design.

p.hicks@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8657

Dr Ron Oren
Technology Analyst

Ron helps companies in the environmental sector to develop new products and services, by introductions to relevant research partners or through support for funding applications. He is especially interested in helping clients with European projects, e.g. FP7 or Eurostars applications, using his network and language skills to help you find useful partners. Ron has a background in materials science, with a first degree in chemistry from Groningen University and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has also done research spells in France, USA and a large Dutch chemical corporation.

r.oren@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8662

Dr Jolyon White
Technology Consultant

Jolyon’s role is to offer companies advice and support in order to develop their business strategy and tactics to take best advantage of the latest technology. Jolyon is biochemist who started his career in academia with bio process engineering before moving to industry initially in technical management and then general management in the biotechnology company, APP. Jolyon then took a number of commercial roles at Medeva, later Powderject then Chiron, at times covering parts of Europe, USA, India and South America. He also took a central role in biodefense product development and later the integration of the manufacturing into the overall corporate strategy. Jolyon has a PhD (University of Nottingham), MBA (Open University), BSc Jt. Hons (University of Nottingham), MIFST, MIB, CBiol.

jwhite@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)777 557 8805

OPERATIONS TEAM

Peter Reid
Chief Executive

Peter’s role is to ensure that LTN is delivering valuable and unique support to all its clients by helping them to develop &/or adopt leading edge technologies by working collaboratively with partners. Peter has founded a number of technology-intensive companies in sectors ranging from engineering and process control to automotive security. He was also the founding CEO of a joint venture between University College London and London Business School which the government cited as an example of best practice in stimulating technology-based enterprise from universities.

p.reid@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8657

Zoe Bowers
Director of Operations

Zoe has been at LTN since its inception in 2002, and been variously responsible for events, bid writing, project management, activity reporting and audit, and now central operations. Before LTN, Zoe was head of the pharmaceutical division at IIR conferences. Zoe has an Executive MBA from London Business School and a BA (Hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London.

z.bowers@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8677

Tim Benzie
EEN Project Officer and Communications Manager

Tim joined LTN in 2005 working in communications, and now, in addition to managing the marketing and communications needs of the organisation, manages LTN’s part of the Enterprise Europe Network London consortium. Tim has spoken at numerous events on the value of transnational technology transfer, and represents LTN in the UK and Europe. Tim has a wide range of experiences including editing and journalism, and moved to the UK permanently in 2005. Tim holds an MA in Cultural Studies and a BA (Hons 1) in English Lit from the University of Queensland.

t.benzie@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8686

Dr Maya Losa Mendiratta
Conference Programme Manager

Maya joined LTN as a conference producer in March 2010. Since July 2011 she manages the programme of conferences, workshops and training events that are a core part of LTN's networking services. Maya has a PhD in Genetics from Imperial College and has worked as a conference producer for commercial conference company Osney Media and producing public events on diverse science topics for the Science Museum. Her interests lie in discovering new science and technology topics and in the potential of events as a way for people to meet and work together on solutions for common challenges.

m.mendiratta@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8687

Nikita Rathod
Project Administrator

Nikita is involved in assisting with LTN’s contractual outputs and finance queries. She is a graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a degree in Government and History.

n.rathod@LTNetwork.org  •  +44(0)870 730 8673

Photos by Ken Tsuda 2011. www.flickr.com/photos/kentsuda.