Nicholas Medcalf

Deputy Challenge Director for the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge • Innovate UK

Nick is responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of capital and R&D funding competitions as well as generating new proposals for grant investment.

Prior to this appointment Nick was Professor of Regenerative Medicine Manufacture at Loughborough University from 2013 to 2017 under an EPSRC Manufacturing Fellowship Scheme following 36 years in the healthcare industry. He has a particular interest in improving the options for manufacture and supply of advanced therapeutics by making available appropriate technology for novel and effective models of business and operation. He is an active member of the Enterprise Hub at the Royal Academy of Engineering