Samantha Decombel

Sam Decombel is the current CSO & Co-founder at FitnessGenes. Prior to this, they worked as a Lab Assistant at The Native Antigen Company from October 2012 to January 2013. Sam's duties included general lab tech duties, molecular biology & tissue culture. From January 2007 to July 2009, they worked as a Technology Transfer Manager at the University of Reading. In this role, they managed a portfolio of patent and non-patent based commercialisation opportunities on behalf of academics in the Life Sciences area. This included IP identification, assessment of commercial potential, due diligence and market research on new technologies, preparing applications for funding, project management, identification of appropriate commercial partners, licence negotiation, IP advice & training and enterprise awareness raising. From October 2009 to April 2011, they worked part-time as a Fund Manager with the regional funding agency Finance South East. Sam was responsible for managing the assessment process for the EPSRC Collaboration Fund, contributing to investment decisions and proactively managing the portfolio of approved projects.

Sam Decombel has a PhD in Gene Flow in Rice from the University of Birmingham. Before that, they attended Sutton Coldfield Grammar School.

Sam Decombel reports to Dan Reardon, Co-founder & CEO. Some of their coworkers include Sarah Shute - Senior Administrator, Alex Auld - Communications Manager, and Martin Cheifetz - SVP Australasia.