Sir Chris Evans

Biography

Sir Chris is a renowned scientist and highly successful entrepreneur with numerous prestigious awards and medals for his work over the last 30 years. He is the founder and Chairman of Excalibur Group and has created 11 successful academic spin-outs and founded notable companies such as Chiroscience, Celsis, BioVex, ReNeuron, Vectura and Merlin Biosciences Ltd. He directed the raising of approximately $450 million for Merlin Biosciences Funds and $2.6 billion from disposals including the sale of BioVex Group, Inc to Amgen Inc and Piramed Limited to Roche Group. Through Merlin Ventures Limited, he co-founded and advised Biotech Growth Trust plc and Arakis Limited, one of the companies developed by Sir Chris which was sold to Sosei Co. Ltd for $187 million. Sir Chris has founded multiple listed companies with a collective market cap (as at the end of April 2016) of around $2.4 billion. Appointed OBE in 1995 for services to medical bioscience, he was then knighted in 2001 for services to bioscience and enterprise.

Research Interest

 Clinical Sciences.