Dr. Claire Skentelbery Following a degree in agriculture and PhD in biochemistry, Dr Claire Skentelbery worked within scientific marketing and cluster development, working within the Cambridge (UK) biotechnology cluster. She was part of the founding team behind the Council of European BioRegions, a network of clusters, and moved to Belgium to manage the network in 2009. Dr Skentelbery was also the Secretary General of the European Biotechnology Network from 2012-17 and worked across sectors, organisations and countries to build collaborations to drive the delivery of biotech for consumers and market benefit in Europe. Dr Skentelbery joined the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) in January 2017 as Director General, and is working to deliver services to NIA Members and represent the sector at a global level.