LEADERSHIP

Meet the people leading OXGENE's open minded, collaborative and ambitious scientific and commercial teams.

Find out what it's like to be part of the OXGENE team with our Day in the Life interview series.

Weimin Valenti

General Manager

Weimin Valenti was appointed as General Manager at OXGENE in 2023. She most recently served as the Global head of Strategic Alliances and Licensing at OXGENE’s parent company - WuXi Advanced...

Martin Hall

Finance Director, OXGENE

Martin joined the company in November 2017 and has more than 30 years financial and general management experience in technology and IP-focused businesses. He specialises in leading and developing...

David Brighty

Head of Discovery and Internal Research

With his growing interest in taking gene therapy solutions into the clinic, David joined OXGENE in 2020 to head the Viral Design and Discovery grouping. With over 15-years prior experience as a...

Qian Liu

Head of Engineering and Production

With a background in cell and molecular biology, Qian joined OXGENE in July 2017 as a Cell Line Engineering Scientist. She was then gradually promoted to lead all biomanufacturing services OXGENE...

Weiheng Su

Principal Scientist

Weiheng holds a First-Class MSc degree in Cancer Immunology and a PhD in Oncology from the University of Oxford. Weiheng joined Oxford Genetics (trading as OXGENE) in 2013. Initially responsible for...

Simon Pollack

Head of Scientific Computing

Simon brings a passion and expertise for laboratory automation, robotics and computing to his new role as Head of Scientific Computing at OXGENE. Prior to joining OXGENE, Simon attained a MSc in...

Ben Granville

Head of Project Management

Ben joined OXGENE in 2018 to lead the project management of their high throughput gene editing projects and has since taken on responsibility for all OXGENE’s project portfolio including customer...