Dr Poonam Malik is an entrepreneurial academic business strategy leader and an investor in Innovation. She has extensive experience of working in research, innovation, enterprise, governance, health and business sectors globally.
As Board Member of Scottish Enterprise and Skills Development Scotland- Dr Malik has held leadership roles across public, private, higher education and social enterprise sectors. She has recently been appointed as Head of Investments at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow- to lead on University’s enhanced Investment function from entrepreneurial and commercialisation activities focused on startups, spinouts and spin in companies.
Poonam brings expertise in Life Sciences, Biotech, Health digital & Medical Technology businesses. Poonam is passionate about Diversity, Equality, Inclusive values & Climate change. She is a Syndicate Investor with Investing Women Angels and Board-level Advisor, Chair & Consultant for Technology Startups.
Poonam said "I’m a very strong vocal champion for diversity and women’s causes and I invest in Investing Women Angels. Data shows that we are not as equal as we thought or as we would like to be. So there is perception and then there is stark reality on the investment side that less than 2% of venture capital goes to women founders and no wonder that when women form businesses, they can’t scale because they cant access support and funding."
As a Climate Change Champion she said "This year the world’s eyes are on Glasgow for COP26 and more than that- It’s not just that we are hosting it, it’s the after effects of the COP . At the moment we are thinking about what a good COP26 looks like. This is the year when we have to make the world leaders agree to something that keeps that world temperature down to 1.5 degrees., Scientists have been saying for a long time that temperatures are rising, glaciers are melting there are more floods and fires and it’s spreading. It’s not someone else’s backyard problem, it’s reaching here, it’s reaching everywhere, so now is the time to take action and the leaders need to align to reach the net zero targets that are being set. "
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