Dr Rhian Hayward MBE - Board member for Wales and Chair of the Welsh Food Advisory Committee

Rhian joined AberInnovation as Chief Executive Officer in January 2017 and has led the construction of the £40.5m Innovation Campus and the initiatives that support early-stage bioscience businesses to grow.  During this time Rhian has acted as Vice Chair of the UK Science Park Association, held public appointments for Welsh Government including membership of the Welsh Industrial Development Board and the Food & Drink Industry Board and became a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Rhian’s commitment to science and innovation continues from a series of roles in the commercialisation of life science technologies in the private and public sectors. Amongst these, Rhian founded a consultancy business to assist investors in the due diligence around technology-based businesses, held marketing and business development roles in biotech companies (including Abcam plc) and technology transfer roles in the Higher Education sector.  Rhian has a DPhil from University of Oxford in infectious disease epidemiology and a first class BSc from King’s College London. Rhian was awarded the MBE for services to Entrepreneurship in Wales in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016.

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• Chief Executive Officer of the Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus Ltd

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