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Advisory Board and Steering Group

Meet the experts supporting Murray Edwards Enterprising Women

Advisory Board

	Dr Rachel Polonsky Acting President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
	Hannah Bernard OBE Co-Chair of the Invest in Women Taskforce. Group Director of Business Banking
	Jennifer Crompton DL Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; former derivatives lawyer for UBS, Sumitomo Capital Markets, and Sakura Global Capital
	Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS HonFInstP HonFRSC Professor Emerita of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge. Former Master, Churchill College, Cambridge
	Pam Garside Co-Chair of Cambridge Health Network; Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
	Shaun Grady Chair of AstraZeneca UK
	Sarah Golding Partner \| T&P𝑚, and Past President of the IPA 2017-2019
	Abigail Malortie Partner, C Hoare & Co Private Bank
	Rafael Noya Global Head of Global Debt Financing, Santander
	Scott O'Brien Chief Investment Officer, Innovate UK and Director Innovate UK Loans Limited
	Lopa Patel MBE Digital CEO, Non-Executive Chair, NED & Trustee
	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 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 OBE Foundation Fellow of Murray Edwards College and Entrepreneur

Steering Group


	Dr Rachel Polonsky Acting President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
	Professor Steve Morris Vice-President, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
	Dr Caroline Austin Vice President, Head of Transactions, Business Development, AstraZeneca
	Rob Hopwood Fellow and Bursar at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
	Caroline Hyde Advisor, CEO, Director - Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Development, Start-up Accelerators, Research Commercialisation. Passionate about impact and addressing UN SDGs
	Professor Stelios Kavadias Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation and Growth at Cambridge Judge Business School, Co-Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre
	Professor 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
	Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter Executive Director, Cambridge University Health Partners
	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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Murray Edwards Enterprising Women

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