Our purpose to invest to extend human life is a core part of what attracts the best talent to Syncona.
People with specialised expertise, highly motivated by making a difference, are attracted to our platform and the opportunity to improve the lives of patients and their families.
The life sciences investment team members have deep technical scientific backgrounds, supplemented by strong commercial experience ranging from venture capital investment to pharmaceutical launch and the operational expertise required to found and build companies around exciting innovation. This multi disciplined skill set is fundamental to our business model and the team’s track record has resulted in a strong network in life science, enabling the best talent to be attracted to our portfolio companies.
Increasing gender diversity in private equity
We are proud to be a supporter of Level 20, a not-for-profit organisation which looks to support female leaders in private equity. Through our sponsorship of Level 20, we have gained access to their leading research and guidance, as well as access to their mentorship programmes, which are aimed at women across different levels of seniority in the industry. We look forward to working alongside Level 20 as we continue our focus on supporting female members of our team in their career journeys.
Equal opportunities and diversity
We are an equal opportunities employer and recruit, promote and reward based on merit. We believe that a diverse and inclusive team is vital to our success and aim to embed these values within our culture.
Gender diversity
We monitor gender diversity across Syncona and we are pleased with the progress to date, particularly in the composition of the Board and the Syncona team as a whole. However we recognise there is more to be done, in order to ensure that we are accessing and supporting as broad a range of talent as possible.
Diversity and inclusion framework
- Women in leadership
- Increase representation of women at Board, Lead Investor and senior leadership levels
- Empower women in leadership roles by providing access to mentorship, coaching programmes and, most importantly, peer access support
- Encourage participation in global leadership network groups focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders, such as Level 20
- Family support
- A large proportion of Syncona’s workforce are parents or carers
- We believe parents will be an important part of our workforce for years to come and want to ensure our culture supports them in being able to deliver their best work
- Global talent
- To maintain our world-class reputation we are increasingly aware of the need to access global talent
- We are committed to accessing talent across the globe to enrich our thinking and to ensure we have the strongest workforce possible
- Socioeconomic breadth
- We are committed to hiring people from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds
- We believe that as with all diversity, this strengthens our thinking, and therefore our competitive advantage
- We are committed to increasing socioeconomic diversity in the life science industry