Marika is Cross Faculty Director of Commercialisation at Imperial College London, providing leadership and management to the faculty commercialisation teams. Prior to Imperial, Marika spent 20 years in the diagnostics industry across the fields of cardiology, infectious diseases and women’s and reproductive health. Roles spanned R&D, medical affairs and more recently involved leading new business associated with external partnerships. She holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Biotechnology from Lund University, Sweden.