Kirsty McCarthy

I have been working with entrepreneurs to build companies and commercialise new ideas for over twenty years. Working with people with common values who can join together to achieve extraordinary things is a privilege. The M:M team is such a group of people and we are passionate about creating new medicines that will make a difference in the world.

Shelley Cook

Shelley has built out and led Operations and championed a culture to support high-performing teams in a number of growing Biotechs and business units. She also has demonstrable Strategic, Licencing and Alliance Management experience at senior level. Prior to this, Shelley was a Life Science Equity Research Analyst. She graduated with a BA and MSc in Bioscience and DPhil in Emerging Tropical Viruses from University of Oxford, UK, and completed her post-doctoral studies as a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow at the Natural History Museum, UK and Aix Marseille Université, France.

Tom McCarthy

Tom is Co-Founder and Chair of M:M Bio. He is motivated by working as part of high performing teams to deliver new medicines for patients. He has enjoyed working with members of the M:M Bio ecosystem to co-found Grey Wolf Therapeutics, Pathios Therapeutics and ThirtyFiveBio and currently serves as Chair of each company. His additional roles include Venture Partner with Brandon Capital and Chair of Orbit Discovery. From 2006-2015, he was President and CEO of Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, a private VC backed US/Australian biotech company developing first in class treatments for chronic pain, devoid of central nervous system side-effects. Spinifex Pharmaceuticals was purchased by Novartis in July 2015 for approximately US$700M. Previous positions include Vice President of Drug Development at Starpharma Holdings Limited (Australia) where he led the team that filed the first IND for SPL7013 with US FDA and initiated the first in human clinical trials. SPL7013 is now the active pharmaceutical ingredient in a marketed bacterial vaginosis medicine and the VIRALEZE™ antiviral nasal spray with activity against SARS-CoV-2. He holds B.Sc. (Hons) and PhD degrees from Monash University, Australia and completed his postdoctoral training at The University of Oxford.

Andrea Nisbet

With over 25 years working as an HR specialist, Andrea has successfully delivered projects around organisation design, TUPE, large scale redundancies, performance design, culture and employee engagement, leadership and employee development. Previously, Andrea worked for Berendsen UK Ltd as HR Director for the Hospitality Business Line where she was responsible for the HR function for 3000 employees across UK, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden. Andrea is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, a Mental Health First Aider and a registered practitioner in DISC and Hogan psychometric testing.

Lisa Shoesmith

Lisa is Finance Manager at M:M Bio. Having completed a BA (Hons) in Accountancy & Management Control, Lisa qualified as a Chartered Accountant ICAEW with Mazars in 2000. Since qualifying, Lisa has held various finance and operational roles within both the private and public sector with a focus on working with SMEs and she brings this experience with her to her role here.

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Sam Harris

Sam Harris is the EA & Operations Manager for M:M Bio. She graduated from Aston University in 1999 with a BSc with Honours degree in International Business and Modern Languages (French), which included a year at one of France’s top Business Schools – EDHEC. Since leaving University she has spent the last 20yrs of her career providing EA & operational support to C Suite Executives and their Leadership teams, ensuring the smooth running of their businesses incorporating all aspects of people, places and processes. Sam has worked in several industries including Consumer Packaging, Mobile software, Information Technology, and prior to joining M:M Bio, 7 years within the advertising technology sector.

Andy Braithwaite

Andy is the IT Manager at M:M Bio. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT sector.

In his role, he is responsible for maintaining security and developing the IT systems of the M2M ecosystem supporting the IT operations of the wider group.

Previously, Andy has led the IT service for various organisations including a multinational engineering company, a residential special needs school and a national trade association.

Phill Craig

Phill is the Business Analyst for M:M Bio where he provides commercial insight for the group. In his role, he is responsible for strategy, market & financial analytics, and competitive intelligence. Phill has a background in consumer business and tech, working in large multinational companies in a variety of commercial sales and project management roles, as well and more recently in the Canadian tech startup ecosystem as product manager.

Originally from New Zealand, Phill has just moved to Oxford UK from Vancouver. He is a recent MBE (Bioscience Enterprise) graduate from the University of Cambridge in 2021, with prior undergraduate studies at the Otago University in Chemistry and Business.

Danish Memon

Danish is a lead bioinformatician in M:M Bio where he provides insights from large datasets to understand the biology and therapeutic potential of drug targets in oncology space. He has several years of experience consulting with biotech companies for target identification, evaluation of valuable drug assets, disease indication selection and biomarker development for clinical trials.

Prior to this, Danish completed his postdoctoral training in the University of Cambridge and the European Bioinformatics Institute where he worked on integration of multi-omics data to address key questions related to genomic regulation of signalling networks in cancer and characterization of the tumour-immune microenvironment in treatment-naive and treatment-resistant patient populations. Originally from India, Danish has a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and a master’s degree in Bioinformatics. He moved to the UK to pursue doctoral studies in computational oncology in the University of Manchester.

Faraz Khan

Faraz is a Senior Bioinformatician at M:M Bio Ltd. He is responsible for the development of bioinformatic pipelines and novel computational methods for diverse multi-omic datasets to provide unique biological insight for ongoing drug discovery and development programs. His passion is to use computational approaches to understand complex diseases, with an aim to deliver first-in-class medicines, ultimately improving patient lives. He has over 5 years of experience, which includes working for both biotech industry and academic sectors, where he provided computational expertise in the biomarker identification to understand disease mechanisms. Faraz attained MRes, PhD degrees from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Jessica Sette

Jessica is currently Project Manager at Grey Wolf Therapeutics Ltd and has extensive experience working across a range of functional areas within a “semi-virtual” biotech company. She has been involved in world-class drug development projects, from preclinical discovery stage right through to IND-enabling and Phase 1/2 clinical stage. She has over 10 years of experience working in the biotech industry and has provided operational expertise to set up small biotech companies at the point of seed investment and Series A financing. She manages key supplier relationships to keep R&D studies and programs progressing in line with scientific aims, corporate goals and financial budgets. Jessica attained BBus. and BSc. (Biotechnology) degrees at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

Georgia Palmer

Georgia is a Biomedical Sciences B.Sc. (Hons) graduate from Durham University and is a Project Manger at  M:M Bio. Before joining M:M Bio Georgia worked in Australia supporting the operations and running of a Girls Boarding House. Georgia supports the M:M Ecosystem by leading and supporting a wide range of projects.

Joana Ribeiro

Joana is an Honours in Financial Accounting (B.Com) graduate from the North West University in South Africa. She completed her 3 years articles at an Audit and Accounting practice where she then did another year as supervisor in the Accounting & Advisory department with exposure to different sectors including Aviation and the Medical field. She has over 10 years experience in the service and retail industry. In her role at M:M Bio Limited, Joana supports the implementation & maintenance of financial processes & systems to achieve accuracy of information for reporting & decision-making across the group.

Maria Medute

Maria is Business Support at M:M Bio where she supports HR, Operations and Finance activities. She is CIPD qualified and has spent last 5 years working in Human Resources and Learning and Development in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies.

Lorena Teixeira

Lorena is the IT Support Apprentice for M:M Bio where she supports the development and maintenance of the IT Systems across the Ecosystem.

Originally from Brazil, she has a BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Brasilia, a Postgraduate Diploma in Oncology Care from the Federal University of Sao Paulo and 5 years of experience in Healthcare. Lorena has recently completed the AWS re/Start programme and has an AWS Cloud Practitioner Certificate. 

Sean Carroll

Sean is an International Business BSc (Hons) graduate from Oxford Brookes University and is Executive Assistant & Office Manager at M:M Bio. Sean has over 10 years experience in hospitality and customer relations, as well as supporting C-Suite executives across both public and private sector organisations. Sean also acts as Operational Support across the M:M Bio ecosystem.

Sam Jeskins

With more than 30 years of experience, Sam has a proven track record of providing EA support to C-Suite executives across multiple industries within both private and public sectors.

In her role as Executive Assistant, she identifies and reacts to operational needs and alleviates pressure points. Working with internal and external stakeholders she manages a diverse range of resources to quickly assess and prioritise situations, planning and implementing actions efficiently.

Nouritsa Biberian

Nouritsa graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc Hons in Anthropology and English. Nouritsa went on to have a diverse career in London as an Executive Assistant for over 10 years, as well as doing charity work. In her role at M:M Bio Limited, Nouritsa brings organisation and teamwork across the businesses by ensuring all company travel runs smoothly and efficiently.