Sam Barrell

Sam is a recognised leader in life sciences and health. As CEO of LifeArc, she is driven by a clear vision: A world where people with a rare disease or drug-resistant infection can get the life-changing treatment they urgently need. Her work is centred on accelerating impact for patients—bringing together global partnerships and collaborations to move pioneering science beyond barriers and into real-world solutions as quickly as possible. This is underpinned by LifeArc’s purpose: To forge new paths that take pioneering science further, beyond barriers and uncertainty, delivering new solutions that improve and save lives. Prior to this she was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Crick Institute - a world-leading biomedical research organisation which she joined from a career in the NHS as a noted healthcare leader. Sam was CEO of the Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and before that, established and led the South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group. Sam w