Beth Thompson, Executive Director, Policy & Partnerships

Beth joined Wellcome in 2009. She became interim Chief Strategy Officer in 2022, Chief Strategy Officer in 2023 and Executive Director of Policy and Parnerships in 2024. She is responsible for government relations and strategic partnerships and policy teams. 

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In her previous role as Head of Policy & Advocacy, UK & EU she led Wellcome’s work on research culture and Brexit.

Prior to joining Wellcome Beth worked as a policy trainee at the Royal Society of Chemistry. 

Beth has a BA/MSci in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. 

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