Kirstie is the Director of Stakeholder Engagement at SCI: Where Science Meets Business, where she plays a key role in fostering collaboration between scientific communities and business stakeholders.
She was previously the Deputy Director for Enterprise at the University of Essex, following her appointment as EIRA Director in 2018. In this role, Kirstie led all knowledge exchange and business engagement activities, with the goal of further developing the commercialisation of the University's research excellence.
Before these roles, Kirstie served as the Knowledge Exchange Manager for Life Sciences at the University of Essex, where she managed business development and engagement, oversaw the IP portfolio, and led technology transfer activities. She also has experience as a Business Development Manager at King’s College London, focusing on health-related research, and as a microbiologist and commercial development officer at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control between 2005 and 2008.