Dr Anne Blackwood
Chief Executive

Anne joined Health Enterprise East in 2005 from Cambridge Enterprise, the technology transfer office of the University of Cambridge. Anne has over 10 years experience in technology transfer and intellectual property management in the life sciences.

At Cambridge Enterprise Anne focused primarily on technologies from the biological and chemical sciences and was involved in all aspects of technology commercialisation. Prior to this Anne enjoyed a research career for 6 years in protein biochemistry and enzymology, initially at the University of Westminster and then at South Bank University, London.

Anne holds a degree in chemistry from Strathclyde University and a PhD in biotechnology from the same University.

Tel: +44(0)1480 364 925

Michael Garrison
Head of Business Development

Mike joined Health Enterprise East in 2010 from the pharmaceutical industry where his 31 year career spanned the globe.

His experience includes 12 years in pharmaceutical sales and marketing in the USA with Wellcome followed by 19 years based in the UK but having global management responsibilities for a variety of functional areas. Those areas included new product development & commercialisation of three products having over $1bn annual sales, business & corporate development, intellectual property management (i.e., patents & trademarks) at GlaxoWellcome Plc, Gilead Sciences Inc and Phytopharm Plc.

Mike was born in the USA where he secured a degree in Economics & Business Administration from Westminster University and trained at London Business School.

Margaret Lewis
Head of Communications & Company Secretary

Maggie has a Diploma in Marketing gained through the Chartered Institute of Marketing and qualifications in Business Administration. She joined HEE from a privately owned packaging group in the region, where she was Assistant to the Chair and their Administration Manager for 7½ years.

Before that, Maggie was Marketing Services Co-ordinator for 8 years with Domino Printing Sciences Ltd.

Tel: + 44 (0)1480 364925

Stuart Thomson
Head of Medical Technology

Stuart joined HEE after completing his MSc in the Management of Intellectual Property at the Queen Mary, University of London.

Stuart also holds a Diploma in European Intellectual Property, gained at the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN). Previously, Stuart gained extensive experience within information and commercial analysis whilst working for GlaxoSmithKline.

Prior to this he started up a small family business specialising in Ceramic Artistic Design. Stuart also holds a BSc in Human Biosciences.

Tel: + 44 (0)1480 364925