Lindsay Pearson, Adam Stoten and Liam Dolen have been appointed to Oxford University Innovation's board following the departures of Nicola Blackwood and Giles Kerr.

University of Oxford’s tech transfer office, Oxford University Innovation (OUI), has made three new board appointments to replace outgoing members Nicola Blackwood and Giles Kerr.
Lindsay Pearson, director of finance at University of Oxford, and Adam Stoten, chief operating officer at OUI, will join the TTO’s board with Liam Dolan, the Sherardian professor of botany at the university’s Department of Plant Sciences.
Pearson joined University of Oxford in 2017 following two decades working in professional services and finance leadership, including a stint as director at consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2004 until 2006, and subsequent finance director appointments at telecoms firm BT and gas supplier British Gas.
Stoten has been with OUI for more than five years, having started out as a deputy head of tech transfer before promotions to head of tech transfer for life sciences and then chief operating officer.
His record includes pioneering the creation of Lab282, the $17m drug discovery partnership launched by University of Oxford alongside its university venturing fund Oxford Sciences Innovation and drug discovery firm Evotec in 2016.
Stoten has also served as a director on the boards of two University of Oxford spinouts – exosome therapeutics developer Evox Therapeutics and vaccine product manufacturer Vaccitech.
Dolan’s research focuses on cellular development and evolution in plants, covering fields such as morphological evolution in land plants, fossil rooting systems and root development in grasses and cereals.
He previously founded Oxford plant genetics spinout Moa Technology, and is a member of the board of trustees at Magdalen College, public botanical research institution Royal Botanic Gardens and nonprofit plant science organisation New Phytologist Trust.
Matt Perkins, chief executive of OUI, said: “These three appointments will bring an incredible wealth of knowledge and expertise to OUI’s already formidable board line up.
“Liam’s extensive background in research as well as his experience with spinout formation make him an ideal candidate while Lindsay’s financial heavyweight resume will be a welcome addition.”