Our leadership

We are a passionate team driven by our shared mission of making a significant positive impact on the treatment of childhood cancers. We are building an international consortium made up of drug discovery and development experts, clinical specialists, funders, impact investors and others to advance innovative science into effective and well tolerated therapies.

Joint management team

Our Joint Management Team brings together leaders from Cancer Research Horizons and LifeArc to oversee delivery of our shared strategy.

The team offers expertise across the full translational process. This includes drug discovery, scientific delivery, business development, and sourcing strategy.

They also leverage their expertise in programme management, patient engagement, and communications to increase our overall impact.

James Pickett

Co-lead

Cancer Research Horizons

Lone Friis

Co-lead

LifeArc

Joint steering committee

The joint steering committee approves the sourcing strategy for potential projects, reviews proposed project applications, approves the inclusion of proposed projects into the consortium, oversees the progress of projects, the consortium’s budget and the consortium’s intellectual property, among other responsibilities. The group is made up of members from the core partners, Cancer Research Horizons, LifeArc and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity).