Our people

An experienced and balanced board

Our fully independent board promotes a culture of openness and debate and exercises effective stewardship over the Company’s activities in the interests of all stakeholders.

An expert, multi disciplinary team

The highly differentiated team members at our Investment Manager are experts at what they do. The team members have deep technical scientific background, supplemented by strong commercial experience ranging from venture capital investment to pharmaceutical launch. This skill set has resulted in a strong network in life science, enabling the best talent to be attracted at the level of Syncona's portfolio companies. 

Attracting world-class talent

Our Investment Manager works in close partnership with our portfolio company management teams.

Syncona Investment Management Team

Please navigate below to see the members of the Syncona Investment Management Limited Investment team, as well as key members of the Executive Partner group, Legal, HR, Launch team, Finance, IR and Corporate Affairs, and Support functions.

Ben Woolven

Ben Woolven

Business Strategy and Operations Partner
Nikki Padden

Nikki Padden

Finance Director, Launch