Andy Richards

Dr. Andy Richards CBE is a well-established entrepreneur and builder of biotechnology, healthcare and diagnostic ventures. He brings a strong business focus and an in-depth knowledge of the industry and company scale up. In addition to Abcodia he is also currently Chairman of Congenica, Closed Loop Medicine and Arecor and a Director of Owlstone Medical and Ieso Digital Health. He is Chairman of the Babraham Research Campus and a director of Cancer Research Technology Ltd (the commercial board of Cancer Research UK). His early career spanned positions with ICI (now AstraZeneca) and PA Technology, and he was a founder and executive director of Chiroscience. Andy is a graduate of Cambridge University with a PhD in Chemistry and a track record as a founder, active investor in and director of more than 25 innovative healthcare and life-science companies, including Vectura plc and Arakis Ltd. Andy is also a founder member of the Cambridge Angels.