Programme Speakers
Richard Jennings
Richard is Director of Technology Transfer and Consultancy Services, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd, the University of Cambridge’s wholly owned knowledge transfer company and is responsible for two core areas of its activities. He is a board member of both Cambridge Enterprise Limited and its wholly owned consultancy company, Cambridge University Technical Services Limited (CUTS). Richard is also Chair of the board of Cambridge Manufacturing Industry Links Ltd, the Institute for Manufacturing's knowledge transfer company.
Prior to joining the University in 1988, Richard was Head of Chemical Research at Napp Research Centre, Cambridge. Richard's first position at the University was Assistant Director in Industrial Cooperation of the Wolfson Cambridge Industrial Unit with responsibility for biomedical projects. He was made Director in 1994 and in 2000, was appointed Director of Research Policy and joined Cambridge Enterprise Ltd when it was created in 2005. Richard has an extensive track record of establishing mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations and commercialising University-derived intellectual property through consultancy, licensing and spin-off companies. Richard has a D. Phil in Chemistry from the University of Sussex.
