Dr Kath Mackay has been tasked with the delivering Bruntwood SciTech鈥檚 vision for Alderley Park as a global centre of excellence for fast growing life science and tech businesses.
Bruntwood SciTech is a聽joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General and聽they鈥檝e announced Mackay聽will succeed聽Dr Chris Doherty, who聽will聽remain involved with Alderley Park in mentor, ambassadorial and independent non-executive director roles.
She is taking over a huge site, with a 拢160m development plan, where over 2,000 people work. The development plan includes a new 150, 000 sq ft building, Glasshouse, which opens next year and is focused on tech and innovation-based businesses.
Mackay joins from Innovate UK – the UK鈥檚 innovation agency – which is part of UK Research & Innovation, the 拢7bn body tasked with creating the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish.
She is currently director for Ageing Society, Health and Nutrition and聽will assumes her new role in October 2019.
Commenting on her new role, Mackay said: 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to be joining the team at Alderley Park. The new generation of companies and research organisations based at the Park are actively engaged in high value science and tech discovery and collectively build on Alderley Park鈥檚 internationally-recognised reputation.
“I鈥檓 looking forward to being part of the Greater Manchester and Cheshire life science ecosystem working closely with partners at Health Innovation Manchester and Manchester Science Partnerships to support businesses to start, grow and scale as Alderley Park enters its next phase of transformation.鈥�
Bruntwood SciTech鈥檚 CEO Phil Kemp said: 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted that Kath will be leading our team at Alderley Park. Over the past decade she has established a reputation as a talented and inspiring leader in a critical area of innovation and discovery. Every day our community of businesses, research charities and institutions strives towards scientific breakthroughs. Kath has a formidable level of insight into the challenges they face and the value of what they can achieve.鈥�
The Park is also home to a wide range of amenities including a conference centre complete with a 232 seat auditorium and meeting rooms, restaurant, gym and outdoor sports pitches.聽 It also offers unrivalled 100GB connectivity, Enterprise Zone status, and is part of the Cheshire Science Corridor.