# James Thomas

> James Thomas is a startup investor at Wellcome Trust (Milton Keynes). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wellcome Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wellcome-trust)
- Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrwthomas/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jamesrwthomas

James Thomas is a startup investor at Wellcome Trust in Milton Keynes. James joined Wellcome in April 2016. He is responsible for leadership of our technology and digital services. Before Wellcome, James had an extensive career in the private and public sectors, delivering transformational change through technology and data.His career began in the oil and water industries, with BP and Veolia. He moved to globaltechnology provider Oracle to develop and lead technology consulting services for clients, including banking, defence and manufacturing. He then moved into healthcare, with technology leadership roles in the NHS. This included eight years as a Director of UCL Hospitals, establishing UCL Partners, London NHS Procurement Partnership and the UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre. Following this, James became an Associate Partner at Atos Consulting, including working with Genomics England to review its Informatics and bioinformatics capabilities.

## 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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