committee

You can view the biographies of our Committee members on this page.

President: Yushi Li

Prior to being elected President of the society, Yushi was the President of the Oxford Finance Society (OFS), one of the largest student-led finance societies in the UK. Whilst at OFS, Yushi optimised sponsorship workflow and led various initiatives including establishing a Masterclass series in finance and a digital database for members and alumni. Before that Yushi served as the VP & President-elect of Oxford University Scientific Society, the worlds’ oldest student-led science society, and helped rescue the society from discontinuation. Yushi sat on the organising committee of iGEM Oxford 2022-2023, making the prestigious biotech competition available to Oxford students again after significant discontinuation. Yushi was the youngest founder in the IMAGINE IF! Global Life Sciences Accelerator cohort in 2021. Alongside his studies, he is a Venture Fellow at Ahren Innovation Capital, a leading UK-based Venture Capital Fund. Yushi has a Double First in Biochemistry from Oxford and is a student of Kim Nasmyth FRS FMedSci. He is an elected Scholar of New College, Oxford. In his free time, Yushi enjoys rowing, tennis and going to concerts.

Marketing Director: Weijia Gao

Weijia is a 4th year Biochemistry student completing her Master’s research project on AI-driven image processing of tumour tissue immunofluorescence data. As the Director of Marketing, she is working to connect OUBT to both the student community and the broader biotechnology ecosystem. Previously, Weijia has served as the Director of Sponsorships at Oxford Economics Society, the world’s oldest student-run economics society, where she led client relations and restructured sponsorship and funding strategies. She has also been thrice elected as the Biochemistry Student Representative for the university’s departmental and divisional committees. Weijia holds a Double First in Biochemistry and has been awarded the Gibbs Proxime Accessit Prize, Special Prize and St Edmund Hall Open Scholarship. She was also winner of the NASA ISSET Experimental Design Competition, where her proposal was launched and conducted on the International Space Station. Alongside her studies, Weijia enjoys baking, karate and is an avid Pokemon card collector.

VP NTI: Sophie Beaumont

Sophie is a current 4th year Biochemistry undergraduate student at Trinity College with her research project in Prof Stephen Tucker's lab. She is VP for Non-Traditional Industries and at Oxford has previously been President of Oxford Women in Business, an intern at an Oxford health-tech start-up and writer for the Oxford Scientist. Beyond Oxford she has completed research experience at Birkbeck University London and interned for a leading boutique strategy consultancy in London.

Programme Director of IGNITE: Eren Akgun

Eren is a second-year undergraduate studying biomedical sciences. Prior to joining Oxford, he co-founded a startup which produced PHA (a biodegradable plastic) through the growth of genetically modified Bacillus megaterium on a medium derived from food waste. His startup was a runner-up in an accelerator program similar to IGNITE and is concluding its proof-of-concept research. Alongside his studies, Eren is the co-captain of Keble College Boat Club.

committee

You can view the biographies of our Committee members on this page.

President: Yushi Li

COO: Waleed Seddiq

Head of Strategy: Matthew Dean

VP - Marketing: Simran Iswaran

Marketing Director: Weijia Gao

Vice President - Platform Solutions: Vedat Habib Papo

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VP Corporate Partnerships (Pharmaceuticals): Ikenna Ebere

Partnership Director (Biotech): Ela Tabbouche

VP Institutional Relations: Eliza Copland

VP Engagement: Madeline Eaton

VP Events: Bethany Yinung Ro

OUBT Consulting Managing Director: Isobel Johns

VP OUBT Consulting: Amaury Genovese

Project Manager, OUBT Consulting: Ian Hsu

OUBT Ventures, Co-Managing Director: Milan Sabota

OUBT Ventures, Co-Managing Director: Eraj Shojai

Sponsorship Director (Retail): Max Hill

VP NTI: Sophie Beaumont

Programme Director of IGNITE: Eren Akgun

VP Events: Alana Hanson

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