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Advisory Board and Steering Group

Meet the experts supporting Murray Edwards Enterprising Women

Advisory Board

 
Hannah Bernard

Hannah Bernard OBE

Co-Chair of the Invest in Women Taskforce. Head of Business Banking, Barclays UK

 
Dorothy Byrne

Dorothy Byrne

President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

 
Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS HonFInstP HonFRSC

Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS HonFInstP HonFRSC

Professor Emerita of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge. Former Master, Churchill College, Cambridge

 
Pam Garside

Pam Garside

Chair of Cambridge Angels; Co-Chair of Cambridge Health Network; Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

 
Shaun Grady

Shaun Grady

Senior Vice President, Business Development Operations at AstraZeneca

 
Sarah Golding

Sarah Golding

Partner | T&P𝑚, and Past President of the IPA 2017-2019

 
Hanadi

Hanadi Jabado DL

Managing Partner Sana Capital; Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; President's Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge; Non Exec @ IUK-UKRI Credit Committee

 
Abigail

Abigail Malortie

Partner, C Hoare & Co Private Bank

 
Rafael

Rafael Noya

Global Head of Global Debt Financing, Santander

 
Scott

Scott O'Brien

Chief Investment Officer, Innovate UK and Director Innovate UK Loans Limited

 
Lopa Patel

Lopa Patel MBE

Digital CEO, Non-Executive Chair, NED & Trustee

 
Laurel

Laurel Powers-Freeling (Chair of Advisory Board)

Chairman at Uber UK; Chair at Bank of England Cost Benefit Analysis Panel; Massachusetts Institution of Technology

 
Simon

Simon Thorpe

Cambridge Angels, Delta2020, Albion KAY VCT, Salica Investments, Manchester University Innovation Factory, Manchester Angels, Angel Academe, Cambridge Judge Business School, Inngot, UB.io

 
Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards OBE

Foundation Fellow of Murray Edwards College and Entrepreneur 

Steering Group

 
Austin

Dr Caroline Austin

Vice President, Head of Transactions, Business Development, AstraZeneca

 
Dorothy Byrne

Dorothy Byrne

President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

 
Loubna

Dr Loubna Bouarfa

AI innovator; Founder OKRA.ai; Forbes 50 Top Women In Tech; MIT Innovator Under 35; EU AI High-Level Expert Group 2018; SciTech CEO of Year 2019; European Young Leader (EYL 40) 2022

 
Lisa Brent

Lisa Brent

EA to the President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and Special Projects Administrator

 
Rob Hopwood

Rob Hopwood

Fellow and Bursar at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

 
Caroline Hyde

Caroline Hyde

Advisor, CEO, Director - Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Development, Start-up Accelerators, Research Commercialisation. Passionate about impact and addressing UN SDGs

 
Stelios

Stelios Kavadias

Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation and Growth at Cambridge Judge Business School, Co-Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre

 
Hanadi

Hanadi Jabado DL

Managing Partner Sana Capital; Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; President's Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge; Non Exec @ IUK-UKRI Credit Committee

 
Jay

Jay Longworth

Director of Development and Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Cambridge ExecMBA candidate

 
Paravani

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff

Global CIO of Solutions within BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) group. Supernumerary Fellow, Murray Edwads College, Distinguished Affiliated Professor, Faculty of Economics

 
Rutter

Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter

Executive Director, Cambridge University Health Partners

 
Tyrell

Dr Carina Tyrrell

British-Swiss investor and entrepreneur. Cambridge University Public Health Physician, Fellow and Board Member. Ex Goldman Sachs Analyst and venture capitalist to the President of Samsung.

 

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