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Leigh Wilson

Investor

Interim Director at The Forge Business Incubator

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

About

Interim Director of The Forge and Assistant Director, New Ventures at McMaster's Industry Liaison Office, where she manages the McMaster Seed Fund and supports commercialization of life sciences technologies. She holds a PhD in medical sciences from McMaster and is an adjunct lecturer in Biochemistry.

Experience

  1. McMaster UniversityAssociate Director, New Ventures, McMaster Industry Liaison Officecurrent2021 — presentHamilton, Ontario, Canada
  2. McMaster UniversityBusiness Development Officercurrent2009 — present
  3. McMaster UniversityBusiness Development Managercurrent2007 — presentHamilton, ON
  4. McMaster UniversityProject Development Manager2019 — 2021Ontario, Canada
  5. McMaster University, BiochemistryAdjunct Lecturer, part-timecurrent2018 — presentHamilton, ON

Education

  1. McMaster University1999 — 2005

Skills & more

Public SpeakingResearchLife Sciences1Technology TransferLicensingGrant WritingTeaching

From Leigh's professional profile.

Colleagues at The Forge Business Incubator

Brittany Sostar
Forge Makerspace Lead at The Forge Business Incubator
Lauren Brown
Business Incubator Manager at The Forge Business Incubator
Manil Jadawala
Program Coordinator Intern – Business Incubator at The Forge Business Incubator
Maria Plazas
Program Coordinator at The Forge Business Incubator
Marissa Principato
Marketing & Events Manager at The Forge Business Incubator
Mariya Leslie
Manager of Student Entrepreneurship at The Forge Business Incubator
Nora Habashy
Communications Assistant at The Forge Business Incubator
Zijian Chu
Program Coordinator Intern – Startup Survivor at The Forge Business Incubator

Frequently asked questions

Where does Leigh Wilson work?
Leigh Wilson is Interim Director at The Forge Business Incubator.

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Shared employers

Also worked at McMaster University23

Himanshu GuptaCo-founder at WeRize at PICUS CAPITALPaige DickieVice-President at Radical VenturesDanielle KarakasAnalyst at Lumira VenturesNicholas BrathwaiteFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalMohamed SolimanCo-Founding & Managing Partner at Ventioneers CapitalTimothy SunSenior Product Manager at Highline Beta

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