Geoff is the Chief Executive of Bionow (www.bionow.co.uk), the life sciences membership organisation for the North of the UK. Having founded the business in 2011, Bionow has more than 20 University members and 330 industry members across the North. Geoff is regularly invited to advise and comment on industry requirements and represent the Bionow membership both regionally and nationally. Previously, Geoff founded 2 biotech companies, both spin-out companies from the University of Manchester, focused on developing point of care diagnostic technologies. Geoff has a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD from the School of Pharmacy, University of Manchester where he began his career undertaking postdoctoral research in the area of enhanced payload responsive liposomal drug delivery systems.

Geoff is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and works with two investor organisations as a member of the LYVA Labs Investment Committee and member of the Deepbridge Capital Investment Advisory Committee.