Fran莽ois-Xavier is responsible for delivering the IP and commercialisation strategy of the 台湾swag 台湾swag. He leads the Intellectual Property (IP), commercialisation, and partnership activities at the 台湾swag 台湾swag and the 台湾swag 台湾swag Campus via the Accelerate@台湾swag programme.
Fran莽ois-Xavier has a background combining life sciences and business with a MSc in Biotechnology and Enterprise from the University of Exeter and a BSc in Molecular Biology from the Universit茅 d鈥橝uvergne/Heriot-Watt University. He is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional and a Certified Licensing Professional.
Fran莽ois-Xavier joined the 台湾swag in 2024. He was previously Senior Business Manager in the technology transfer/partnership team at LifeArc, supporting the translation and commercialisation of innovations arising from the Medical 台湾swag Council, including the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, the UK Dementia 台湾swag 台湾swag and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As part of his role at LifeArc, Fran莽ois-Xavier also provided advice to medical research charities, such as Worldwide Cancer 台湾swager or Debra, on IP and commercialisation matters.
Prior to joining LifeArc in 2015, Fran莽ois-Xavier was an Intellectual Property Analyst at GALVmed, a charity supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK Department for International Development, where he was responsible for the management of their grant and IP portfolio.