Joe is Executive Chairman and leads our Corporate Development at Automata, having previously been one of our early lead investors whilst at Octopus Ventures, one of the most active European VC funds and multi-time Automata investor.  He’s based in our London office and his 28 years in healthtech and life sciences, both as investor and founder, gives him the experience to manage our relationships with strategic accounts, identify potential new markets and accounts, manage our wider advisory board and represent the business in various political and public forums.

Joe occasionally admits to having an MSc in logistics and supply chain management from Cranfield so loves nothing more than seeing workcell automation in action and the impact this can have both in terms of science and for patients.  Prior to Automata and Octopus Ventures, Joe spent 18 years in healthcare strategy and technology consulting, leading the UK healthcare practice for Ernst & Young (EY).  He also briefly led the EMEA market team for Google Health and ran his own Healthtech VC.