Ivan Griffin

Ivan is NESTA's Investment Manager.

Ivan joined NESTA in March 2009. He makes and manages investments in the Healthcare sector.

Prior to joining NESTA Ivan spent four years at IP Group where he was predominantly focused on healthcare and life science businesses.

At IP Group his role encompassed all aspects of technology commercialisation, including identification of investment opportunities, spin-out company formation, business and corporate development as well as private and public equity financings and trade sales.

Before joining IP Group Ivan spent two years at Oxford Technology Venture Capital Trust, and a year in post-doctoral research where he published several scientific papers.

Ivan holds an MSc and DPhil in Cognitive Neuroscience from New College, Oxford, where he also won a Blackwell's scholarship.