Programme Speakers
Patricia Latter
Patricia has been Head of Business Development at Royal Veterinary College since 2002, leading a team of six to develop all aspects of the College’s commercial interactions. In addition, she is Deputy Director and Company Secretary of the London BioScience Innovation Centre – the bio-incubator owned by the College.
Patricia has worked in technology transfer in the biosciences from academia to industry for nearly twenty years – originally at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, followed by a short time at British Technology Group, focusing there on marketing for the pharmaceutical group. She then joined Royal Postgraduate Medical School, managing consultancy; clinical trials; research collaborations; and technology licensing. In 1997, RPMS merged to become part of Imperial College. Patricia subsequently became Head of the Medical Sciences Team of the merged technology transfer companies – IC Innovations Limited, which concentrated activities in spin-out creation.
Patricia has a BSc in Biochemistry and previously worked in research administration, scientific public relations and marketing.
