Director, PHI, Life Science Integrates

Policy Fellow Alumna, Centre for Science and Policy

Tamsin has joined Life Science Integrates (LSI), which brings together senior leaders from across the Life Sciences, including industry, academia, government and regulators; providing them with opportunities to be part of the conversations that set out the industry’s challenges and identify effective strategies and solutions.

Tamsin was formerly Director of the Office for Life Sciences (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy / Department for Health and Social Care). Prior to joining the Office for Life Sciences, Tamsin was Deputy Director leading the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy and Sector Policy team which supported Sir John Bell to write and publish the industry-led Life Sciences Industrial Strategy and took this forward through the first ever sector deal as part of the Industrial Strategy White Paper.

Tamsin joined the Civil Service 2007 after working at a blue chip consultancy and briefly at a think tank. Since then she worked in a range of senior roles in the civil service in the Cabinet Office and Department of Health. She was the Head of Policy Projects at Public Health England, leading a portfolio of projects, including dementia prevention and health and social care integration. Following this she led the team supporting Sir Hugh Taylor to make his recommendations for the Accelerated Access Review and is now a Deputy Director at the Office for Life Sciences, a joint unit part of the Department of Health and Social care and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy.