Meet the team

The University of York has over 1000 academic staff. To enable easy access to this knowledge, Business Development Managers (BDMs) are available to assess your needs and to find the appropriate expertise.

Business Development Managers represent the first port of call for an organisation seeking engagement with the University on a commercial basis. BDMs can enable access to licensing opportunities for IP, fee for service provision and transfer of technology out of the University.

We work with businesses, licensing and commercial developments, technical services and consultancy.

Types of funding: Innovate UK, Research Council UK follow-on funds (for translational research), Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), ERDF programmes, private or corporate investment

Contacts

Amanda Selvaratnam 01904 325142 Amanda.selvaratnam@york.ac.uk	Head of Enterprise Services
Dr Rachel Curwen rachel.curwen@york.ac.uk 07919 293193	Associate Director (Research and Innovation Development)
Dr Rukmal Abeysekera 01904 321124 rukmal.abeysekera@york.ac.uk	Knowledge Transfer Manager, KTP programme
Anna Hastie 01904 32 5143 Anna.hastie@york.ac.uk	Head of Corporate Training
Andrew Ferguson 07740 819562 andrew.ferguson@york.ac.uk	Strategic Project Manager Careers and Placements
Olivia Chatten 01904 435110 olivia.chatten@york.ac.uk	Business Development Executive York Science Park
Dr Clare Green 01904 328965 clare.green@york.ac.uk	Grow MedTech Project Manager