# Dame Davies

> Dame Davies is a startup investor at Wellcome Trust. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wellcome Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wellcome-trust)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-davies-1184969/

Dame Davies is a startup investor at Wellcome Trust. Professor Dame Kay Davies was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Biomedica in March 2021. Professor Davies is a world-leading human geneticist with a research focus on the molecular analysis of neuromuscular and neurological disease. She is currently Professor of Genetics and Co-Director of MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre at theUniversity of Oxford. She was co-founder of Summit Therapeutics plc, a spinout from her research activities. She also sits on the Board of UCB S.A. and The Biotech Growth Trust plc and was appointed a governor of the Wellcome Trust in 2008, serving as Deputy Chairman between 2013 and 2017. Professor Davies has a BA in Chemistry and a D.Phil. in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford.

## About Wellcome Trust

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Wellcome Trust is a medical research charity that funds research that aims to protect and improving human and animal health. It focuses on the fields of public engagement, investments, innovation, humanities, and social science. It was founded in 1936 and headquartered in London, England.

5 contacts available at Wellcome Trust.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dame Davies | Board of Governors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dame-kay-davies |
| Ed Whiting | Director of Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-whiting |
| Geoff Love | Head of Venture Capital and Equity Long/Short Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-love |
| James Thomas | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-thomas-ccd0 |
| Jeremy Farrar | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-farrar |

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