Christina is the founder of Quintessential Labs, advisory company supporting deep tech founders on their journey of bringing ideas to life. Her particular focus is aligning R&D roadmaps with the value inflection points and identifying the most suitable commercialisation models. Quintessential Labs also supports CEOs and leadership teams on AI enablement of R&D function and operations.
Until recently, Christina was CEO and later Chair of the Board of Officinae Bio, a techbio company pioneering AI-driven drug design. She led the commercialisation, fundraising and strategy from the early stages to the company successful exit to Maravai Lifesciences.
Previously, Christina co-founded and led a global corporate venture builder in digital health with spinouts scaling in US, UK and EU. She also held a number of general management and senior commercialisation roles with focus on new product launches in large biopharma. She is mentor and advisor in leading deep tech accelerators and the author of “The Entrepreneur’s BattleBook”.
Information for mentees:
- Please arrive 5 minutes early to check in for your mentor session. Late arrivals (anyone not present at the start of their booked session) may lose their slot to a walk-up attendee.
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- We would recommend preparing a brief introduction about yourself, along with any specific questions or areas you’d like guidance on from your mentor.