Speakers

Mary Jane read Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and subsequently worked for international corporates qualifying as an ACMA. She started working in early stage equity investments in 1997 when she joined Bank of Scotland Growth Equity. She has since worked for several different investors, including as an Investment Consultant for African Lakes Company and SIS Ventures, but her main focus has always been Scottish university start ups and spin outs, in particular while working for Archangel Investors Limited and the Scottish Investment Bank.

Mary Jane is a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at Edinburgh Napier University, a director of Mint Ventures and Castle Community Bank and a co-opted member of the Court of the University of Glasgow.