Tom Weaver - former CEO of Petmedix (Oxford, UK)

“I joined LifeScience ORG several years ago, and I have found it to be an excellent forum for CEOs like me to better understand and influence my journey in founding, managing, growing and exiting life science companies.

My passion over the last 30+ years in the UK has been working on genetic technologies to make a difference in improving human and animal health.  I believe that a big part of any success I have enjoyed has come through effective networking with creative, dedicated, and experienced scientists and entrepreneurs.  This aspect is probably the biggest reason I support LifeScience Org, it has provided a super useful (and easy) forum to meet like-minded individuals across Europe and share/learn from their experiences.

A unique aspect of LifeScience ORG is that the network is composed exclusively CEOs in life science companies.  The CEOs are often founders as well, leading companies at a similar stage of growth as the companies I have been involved in, or anticipate being involved in the future.  This makes for very focused, open, and fruitful discussions with CEOs in the network who “opt in” to specific topics via zoom.  I also value the “CEO Clinic” where very experienced CEOs contribute their thoughts and experiences on topics that are usually timely and relevant to my journey.

As founders we experience many of the same challenges, from first financing through to an exit, building and managing a board, strategic partnering, to motivating teams and managing change, etc….  How we respond to these challenges though can be via a myriad of different ways, and since there is no single solution, I find it very useful to hear from the experiences of other CEOs in the LifeScienceOrg network, as well lessons from the experts brought in from outside the network for specific topics.”