Tim Cowper is the Chief Operating Officer at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, where he ensures that the company’s values of agility and entrepreneurialism are integrated into corporate governance, risk control, and business processes. Tim initially joined Oxford Nanopore as interim Finance Director in 2009, where he established a stable finance infrastructure, and later returned in 2012 as Commercial Operations Director, before being appointed COO in 2023. In his first five years with the company, Tim was instrumental in setting up and managing operations across the organisation, including leading the operations for Oxford Nanopore’s first product launch, the MinION Access Programme, in 2015. He also selected and implemented the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, which has remained robust and fit for purpose throughout Oxford Nanopore’s rapid growth. Tim moved back to lead the finance team in 2017, becoming CFO in 2021 during which time he prepared the company for its listing on the London Stock Exchange.