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Heather Roxborough

Senior Partner, Health Tech

Heather Roxborough

Heather joined Oxford Science Enterprises in March 2022, a highly experienced venture capitalist, with over 20 years investment and company building experience.

At OSE, she leads the Health Tech team to identify new opportunities, catalyse the creation of transformational new businesses, and scale up the existing portfolio, covering digital health, diagnostics and medical devices.

Heather started her career in operational roles, creating new healthcare-related businesses and spin-outs for Unilever. She transitioned to investing while at Unilever, and subsequently spent the next 15 years in venture capital, more recently with J&J, leading J&J’s consumer Health Tech investment and partnering across EMEA.

She joined OSE from Optum Ventures where she was a Partner, responsible for establishing and leading the Global Health Tech investment fund on behalf of Optum, a leading technology-enabled US health services business, part of UnitedHealth Group.

Heather holds a PhD in Clinical Biochemistry from Queen’s University of Belfast.

Heather sits on the board of

  • Caristo Diagnostics
  • Navenio
  • Neu.Health Digital
  • Refeyn
  • Ultromics

Heather is an observer on the board of

  • Ground Truth Labs

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Health Tech Team

Harry Clifford
Harry CliffordEntrepreneur in Residence, Health Tech
Joel Schoppig
Joel SchoppigPrincipal, Health Tech
Katherine Ward
Katherine WardOperating Partner, Health Tech
Lauren Laing
Lauren LaingSenior Associate, Health Tech
Liliane Chamas
Liliane ChamasPrincipal, Health Tech
Peter Weston-Smith
Peter Weston-SmithAssociate, Health Tech
Tatiana Lobanov-Rostovsky
Tatiana Lobanov-RostovskyAssociate, Health Tech
Tony Besse
Tony BesseSenior Associate, Health Tech