THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS
Chris Bird
General Counsel & Company Secretary at Wellcome Trust
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My Profile
Walk the Tightrope Cohort: Autumn 2019
I am responsible for: Ensuring that Wellcome is well-governed and acts legally, ethically, and in line with regulatory obligations.
I am passionate about: Serving as an ally for diversity and helping to amplify the voices of those who are at risk of being overlooked.
What I value most about the Tightrope Walker community: The insight and inspiration I gain from tapping into diverse perspectives and from CSL’s thought leadership.
Additional Roles
- Non-executive Board Member for Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative since 2020
- Network Sponsor for Women of Wellcome since 2019
- Non Executive Director for St. Andrew’s Health Centre since 2016
Articles
| A new arena for science | MaxPlanckResearch | 11/2012 |
| The primacy of public health considerations in defining poor quality medicines | ResearchGate | 12/2011 |
Videos
| How to be the ideal in-house leader | Crafty Counsel | 10/2019 |
| Parenting and flexible in-house careers | Crafty Counsel | 10/2019 |
| Caroline Hill chats to GC Chris Bird about the start of Wellcome’s legal tech journey | Legal Insider | 06/2019 |
| Funding and sustainability: the Wellcome Trust perspective | BioMed Central’s Youtube Channel | 01/2013 |
In the News
| Seeking divergent thinking? Try reverse mentoring | Forward Institute | 01/2020 |
| New head of legal | Wellcome Trust | 10/2016 |
| Do scholarly publishers need a creative un-commons? | Social Science Space | 08/2014 |
| Researchers opt to limit uses of open-access publications | Nature | 02/2013 |
| Book review | European Science Editing | 08/2012 |
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