Deborah is responsible for developing activities under the Industrial Strategy across the University of Oxford and is part of the Innovation & Business Partnerships Team where she engages with industry to build partnerships that leverage the unique academic strengths from within the University of Oxford.
Deborah has a bachelor’s degree from the University of London, a MBA from Copenhagen Business School, a MSC from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from Dundee Business School.
Deborah is responsible for developing activities under the Industrial Strategy across the University of Oxford and is part of the Innovation & Business Partnerships Team where she engages with industry to build partnerships that leverage the unique academic strengths from within the University of Oxford. She previously worked at the Oxford Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) as the Life Sciences specialist for the Region and helped to establish the Health Tec Cluster at the Harwell Science Campus as part of her remit there. Deborah has also worked in senior positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee, and for a couple of the UK Research Councils. While in Edinburgh, she led on the establishment of a new genomics centre. She has also been involved in three company spinouts and in the creation of two fee- for- service entities from the university base. Deborah has many connections with national and international leaders from industry, the investment community, academia, intermediaries and government organisations.