10th October 2011
CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting and a member of the IE International Board, Lucy P. Marcus joins the faculty at IE Business School as Professor of Leadership and Governance.
The Anglo-American board chair and non-executive director who challenges conventional wisdom both inside and out of the boardroom, Marcus has been recognized for setting the agenda on future proofing boardrooms and companies around the world. She speaks and writes about corporate governance, ethics and leadership for the Harvard Business Review, Reuters and other leading global publications.
As adjunct professor, Marcus will teach in a variety of programs at IE Business School, including the flagship International MBA and the IE Brown Executive MBA, the latter being a unique program for senior managers taught jointly by faculty from IE Business School and Brown University.
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Date: 6th – 8th April 2011
Venue: BioCity Nottingham
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A new-style BioCity Boot Camp will take place at BioCity Nottingham on 6th – 8th April and is ideal for anyone in the life sciences who has the germ of a business idea.
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5th November 2010
Haemostatix Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received a £409,000 Translation Award from the Wellcome Trust to support development of its innovative haemostat technology. The funding coincides with an additional £459,000 investment from Spark Ventures, Catapult Venture Managers, NESTA, the Lachesis Fund and Leicester University as well as new investor, Mobius Life Sciences Fund.
Haemostats are used by surgeons to manage problematic bleeding and to reduce time in the operating theatre during surgery. The products are applied in the form of sprays, gels or pads, and typically contain the enzyme thrombin, which promotes blood clotting, as the active ingredient.
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Posted in Science on 12 October 2010 at 1:00 pm by David Bradley
Lucy Marcus is the Founder and CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting, Ltd, a company that endeavours to foster sustainable success for funding organisations. She is non-executive chair of the Mobius Life Sciences Fund and chair of the audit committee for BioCity Nottingham. As the Science is Vital campaign steps up a gear and British scientists brace themselves for funding cut announcements from government, Lucy Marcus talked to David Bradley about the downside to science spending cuts
You have quite a broad range of current positions, what 2-3 word phrase would you use to describe yourself professionally speaking?
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