Programme Speakers
Sue Sundstrom
Sue joined the Centre for Enterprise and Innovation at the University of Southampton as Director, Lifescience Enterprise, in 2002 following a career with AstraZeneca.
Whilst with AstraZeneca, Sue undertook a range of commercial roles in marketing (UK and international), corporate strategy (new and existing businesses), business development and general management. As Managing Director of a French subsidiary she turned it from loss making to profit in 2 years through a rigorous prioritisation and rationalisation process. She was responsible for the sale of a subsidiary in Chile to one of its customers, negotiating a good price while protecting staff and maintaining an appropriate supply arrangement. Before leaving AstraZeneca Sue managed the licensing activity of the agricultural genetics and agrochemicals business, structuring and negotiating large genomics and genetics deals, leading due diligence teams for potential acquisitions in biotechnology, negotiating and structuring joint ventures, and setting up and monitoring research collaborations with universities and corporate entities and negotiating complex deals across cultural boundaries.
