Dame Fiona Murray
Non-Executive Director
Dame Fiona is an international policy expert on global innovation, who’s served the British Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology and been awarded both a CBE and a damehood for her work in innovation, entrepreneurship, science, technology and diversity.
She is also the Associate Dean of Innovation at the MIT School of Management and William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship.
An Oxford chemistry grad and post-grad, she’s also earned an AM and PhD from Harvard in applied sciences.
Dame Fiona serves as the Vice Chair of the NATO Innovation Fund, and is a member of the Ministry of Defence Innovation Advisory Panel. She joined OSE’s board in 2024.
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