Dr Celia Caulcott appointed Vice-Provost (Enterprise)

Dr Celia Caulcott has been appointed the next Vice-Provost (Enterprise) at UCL, with effect from 1 October 2015. The Office of the Vice-Provost (Enterprise) is responsible for delivering UCL's Enterprise agenda with the greatest economic and societal impact. Vice-Provosts are members of the Provost's senior management team. Dr Caulcott is currently Executive Director, Innovation and Skills at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), where she has responsibility for developing and delivering BBSRC strategy for innovation. This focuses on accelerating the outstanding bioscience research outputs from UK research towards application, and ensuring support for the development of future bioscience researchers for the UK, in industry, academia, policy and elsewhere. Prior to working for the BBSRC, she worked in and with the biopharmaceuticals industry (including Celltech Ltd, ICI Pharmaceuticals, the Wellcome Foundation and a range of UK early stage biotechs). She has also worked with the Wellcome Trust on the Human Genome Project and for Imperial College London developing research strategy.