Christine is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Durham. She has significant experience in the commercialisation of innovative technology and a strong track record of leading innovative private and public biotechnology, life science and pharmaceutical companies, both private and public.

Previously Christine was CFO and Company Secretary of Acacia Pharma Group plc, a public quoted provider of pharmaceutical products designed to improve the outcomes and recovery for surgical patients and CFO and non-executive Director of AIM-listed Electrical Geodesics, Inc., which was acquired by Philips NV in 2017. Other CFO and finance leadership roles include Optos plc, BTG plc (former FTSE250 constituent), Oxagen Limited and Celltech Chiroscience Group plc and Medeva plc.