Andrew Mackintosh
Chair of Advisory Board
Dr Mackintosh has had a distinguished career in industry and investment as a former CEO of FTSE 250 listed Oxford Instruments before later leading the creation of the Royal Society Enterprise Fund, a pioneering initiative in bringing together scientific expertise and early-stage investment.
He has been a board member of the Intellectual Property Office, a trustee of the Design Council and chairman of Sphere Fluidics, a high-growth biotechnology tools company, as well as a board member of several other technology businesses. He is currently a board member of Thames Ventures VCT 2 plc and of ACF Investors, a £100m government-backed venture capital fund co-investing alongside business angel investors.
He was the author in 2021 of the Mackintosh Report, commissioned by HM Treasury, which led to the creation of the new Government Office for Technology Transfer. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Physics and was awarded a CBE in the 2024 New Years Honours for services to Science and Technology, and to Enterprise Development.
