Tom is Managing Director of Manchester Science Partnerships and Managing Director of Bruntwood SciTech in Manchester. Tom joined MSP in 2012 and with colleagues has grown the business through various streams. Physically, MSP has grown through the development and acquisition of its campuses, including the Bright Building, Alderley Park, and Citylabs 1.0. Equally as important, Tom has supported the growth of MSP’s business support offer such as the designation of Enterprise Zone funding status for each campus, and the expansion of the events programme. Tom has also been integral in partnerships to create the MedTech Centre, Mi-IDEA (Cisco and MSP’s post accelerator centre) and BiOspace open access lab. Appointed as Associate Commercial Director in 2014, he became Managing Director of MSP in 2016 and Managing Director of Bruntwood SciTech - Manchester in 2018.