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Baroness Nicola Blackwood
Former UK Lifesiences Minister

Baroness Nicola Blackwood

Nicola is a leader in science and entrepreneurship. She is a member of the House of Lords, and Chair of Genomics England and Oxford University Innovation. She is also a Board member of the biotechnology company, BioNTech and investment fund RTW Biotech Opportunities.

Nicola served as a Minister in the UK Government Department for Health and Social Care under two Prime Ministers. As Minister for Innovation, she led on Life Sciences, NHS Data and Digital Transformation, and Global Health Security.

She was the first female Member of Parliament for Oxford and was elected by MPs of all parties to Chair the House of Commons Science and Tech Committee. She remains one of the youngest committee chairs in British history and the first woman to have chaired the Commons Science & Tech Committee.