Our multi-disciplinary team

Harriet Lester
CEO
PhD, Biochemistry, University of Oxford
B.Sc. Molecular Genetics, King’s College London
- Years of experience in refugee camps with multiple NGOs
- Part of the NHS’s COVID-19 emergency response team lab team
- Layton Science Research Award: for the best promise of aptitude and genius for original scientific work
- Oxford DTP Impact Award for Enterprise and Innovation
- harriet@vitaegum.com

Andrea Stykket
CSO
MPhil, Development Studies, University of Oxford. BA Marketing, Newcastle University. IDM digital- and data-driven marketing cert.
- 3x award-winning thesis on marketing for social behavioural change & user design
- 9+ years delivering consultancy, web platforms and marketing services to NGOs and impact start-ups
- Serial founder of community-level social enterprises
- andrea@vitaegum.com

Angharad Jones Buxton
COO
PhD researcher in International Relations,
University of Oxford.
BA & MPhil University of Cambridge
- Associate Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University.
- James Johnson and Newton awards for Cambridge, ESRC/Dervorguilla for Balliol
- Government research/network building via All Party Parliamentary Groups
- 6+ years of experience in recruitment, teaching/supervision, and lecturing
- angharad@vitaegum.com

Veronica Martini
Manufacturing and supply chain
PhD, Biochemistry, University of Oxford

Luke Losasso
Chief Marketing Officer
BBA, Business Administration, Santa Clara University

Ellie Dunford Wood
Internship
Biochemistry Masters Graduate, Oxford University

Sophie Beaumont
Internship
BA Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Oxford