Clustering Insights

The Life Sciences podcast series featuring key players in the industry. Hear opinions and thought leadership from investors, developers, funders and more.

Latest episode

Life Sciences Real Estate: Navigating Global Trends and Market Dynamics

Join Chris Walters and Travis McCready from JLL as they dissect the current state of life sciences real estate, exploring key trends, market challenges, and future outlooks across the UK and US markets.

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The importance of early-stage VC funding – with Jason Mellad, Start Codon

The importance of destination locations for innovation in Life Sciences – with Tony Jones, One Nucleus

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Speaker biographies

  • Olivia Drew

    Portfolio Manager, UK Life Sciences Director

    Olivia Drew is the portfolio manager for the UK Life Sciences strategy, and is the lead investment manager across the vehicle.

    She was previously a Transactions Manager for Real Estate UK (RE-UK), a business which forms part of Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business within UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM). Olivia also had responsibilities across the REPM business on ESG strategies, supporting the growth of the sustainable product shelf and integrating ESG policies across the platform.

    She joined UBS-AM in December 2017 as a member of the RE-UK team, providing support to several Funds and segregated mandates within the UK platform. Prior to joining UBS-AM, Olivia worked at M&G Investments (2014-2017), first as a graduate trainee, and then as an analyst specializing in long lease property funds.

    Olivia is a CFA charterholder, and also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). 

  • Travis McCready­

    Head of Industries, Markets Advisory and Chair, Global Life Sciences Advisory Board

    Travis McCready is the head of industries markets in the Americas for JLL, one of the largest commercial real estate advisories in the world. In this capacity, he oversees brokerage and advisory for JLL’s key global industry verticals, including life sciences, healthcare, data centers, energy, security & defense, technology, and higher education. He is also a member of the firms Innovation Districts Practice, providing strategic advisory services to innovation districts across the world.

    Travis has over 25 years of experience leading public, private, and non-profit ventures with a focus on science and technology-based real estate and innovation infrastructure. Outside of JLL, he remains active in the innovation community serving as board director of the global business accelerator MassChallenge, the global life sciences business enabler Nucleate, the Canadian life sciences ecosystem builder adMare BioInnovations, and Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He also serves in advisory capacities at Johns Hopkins University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts, and the University of Toronto.

    Travis received his B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University, and J.D. from the University of Iowa. He is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Medal from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and an honorary doctorate in engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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    Sarah Haywood

    Sarah Haywood is Managing Director of Advanced Oxford, a not-for-profit group of senior leaders from Oxfordshire’s major knowledge-intensive businesses, working together to support the long-term development of the Oxford region as a dynamic and prosperous place to work and live. Sarah is also an Executive Director with MedCity, the life sciences cluster organisation for London and the greater south east of England. Sarah joined Advanced Oxford in July, 2019 and has been working with MedCity since its foundation and launch in 2014.

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