Joanne Hosker

Joanne Hosker leads NG Innovation Services, Northern Gritstone’s high-performance business unit that shapes and accelerates the growth of IP-rich early-stage science and technology companies. Working at the intersection of research, capital and people, Joanne advises and connects academic founders, universities, investment colleagues and partners. Joanne is passionate about building a wide, inter-connected acceleration ecosystem across the UK’s Northern Arc and is committed to supporting those rooted in the North with global ambitions to reach significant scale worldwide.