Richard Straw

Richard Straw is a seasoned professional in the fields of commercial analytics and service operations, currently serving as the Global Commercial Analytics Manager at Oxford Nanopore Technologies since November 2025. Prior to this role, Richard Straw had a distinguished tenure at Illumina from April 2007 to June 2025, where notable positions included Associate Director of EUR Service Operations, overseeing business efficiency and operational management, and various leadership roles focused on field service and application support across Europe. Earlier experience includes leadership and application support positions at Applied Biosystems and the Medical Research Council, where Richard Straw led significant projects in genome sequencing. Richard Straw holds a BSc Hons in Biotechnology from The University of Sheffield.