With thanks to the 2025 OBN Awards Judges:


Hanna BeaumontScience & Technology National Practice Lead, Partners&

Mark Beresford, Global Enterprise Lead, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Anaid Benitez, Translation Scholar, The Crick Institute

John Chaddock, VP Head of R&D Business Strategy, Ipsen

Aline Charpentier, Head of Innovation, Life Sciences, South, Bruntwood SciTech

Bharat Chudasama, VP Head of Strategic Partnerships, Syneos Health

Lorna Cuddon, Managing Director, Zyme Communications 

Kirsty Dolphin, Partner, Venner Shipley

Paul Edwards, Executive Chair, IsomAb

Anna Fletcher, Senior Marketing Manager, Milton Park

Brian Hargreaves, Owner, Arcus Altor

Simon Haworth, Director, Intelligent OMICS

Angela Hobbs, Founder, Wilkinson Hall

Laura Holland, Director, Rosalind Franklin Institute

Paul Hughes, Managing Director, Life Sciences & Technology, BDO

Mike Karim, CCO, Medistim

Huw Jones, Chief Executive Officer, TheraCryf

Jenny Laird, VP Search and Evaluation Neuroscience, Lilly

Benedicte Menn, Senior Investment Manager, OUI

Frances Murphy, Regional Vice President, Strategic Development EU & APAC, Precision for Medicine

Lisa Page, Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Nick Pumphrey, CSO, Etcembly

Andy Roberts, Head of Innovation, Life Sciences, North, Bruntwood SciTech

Neil Roberts, Managing Director, SEHTA

Shirley Rogan, Partner, Head of Life Sciences Audit, BDO

Stuart Rose, CEO, OBN

Claire Shingler, Business Manager, Oxford BioEscalator

Karen Spink, Head of Medicines, Innovate UK

Louise Sutton, Industry Director - Biotech, Fisher Scientific

Rupert Wilkinson, Managing Director, Oxford Product Design