Iain Wilcock
Investment Director
Iain established and ran the healthcare investment business of Quester Capital, an early-stage venture capital business, for over 10 years.
In 2000, Iain founded Vela Venture Partners to advise early-stage investors in the UK. He is now working at NESTA as an Investment Director; and at Seventure, a French venture capital company, as its UK healthcare investment advisor.
He is an experienced non-executive director, having served on the boards of biotechnology and med-tech companies, including Vivacta, Avidex, Oxxon, Lectus, and Xention. He is a member of the British Venture Capital Association, the BioIndustry Association and UNICO.
Iain was recently appointed to the Strategic Advisory Board for IP Policy to advise the UK-IPO (UK Intellectual Property Office). He has a Biochemistry degree from the University of Oxford.