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Here to support students and graduates with their entrepreneurial journey

Our dynamic team offers straightforward initiatives to empower entrepreneurs, founders, and self-starters. From idea inception to business scaling, we provide the confidence, skills, and know-how needed for success. Join our community for peer support and collaborative growth. Let's bring your vision to life, together.

Meet the Team

Dr Phillip Clegg

Dr Phillip Clegg

Associate Director - Enterprise

Philip's role provides strategic direction for enterprise and entrepreneurship activity at the university. Leading the Enterprise Team, their combined activities include enterprise in the curriculum, enabling student and graduate start-up, and the development of the Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre.

Howard Feather

Howard Feather

Business Start-Up Manager

Howard is the Business Start-Up manager. Based in the Enterprise Centre, Howard and team of Start-Up advisors give all students and graduates support with any and all of their business ideas from pre-concept all the way through to fully operational status. Come and meet Howard and the team in the Enterprise Centre to move your business idea forward to the next level.

Unai Ledesma Gorostizaga

Unai Ledesma Gorostizaga

Business Start-Up Advisor

Unai is a startup support specialist who excels in helping entrepreneurs identify market needs by understanding customer pain points. With a keen focus on networking, he inspires students and elevates their businesses to new heights.

Mim Sirajudin

Mim Sirajudin

Business Start-Up Advisor

Mim brings extensive expertise in business management and entrepreneurship. With a successful track record, including launching his own modern Malaysian food start-up (Popiah), he supports clients across diverse industries and specialises in mentoring international students. Dedicated to nurturing emerging entrepreneurs, he promotes innovation within the university's start-up ecosystem.

Samia Kamal

Dr Samia Kamal

Enterprise Education Fellow

Samia supports Oxford Brookes academics in embedding enterprise and entrepreneurship education practices into the curriculum by advising them how to make the appropriate adaptations for different their disciplines.  Her work includes the overseeing the Enterprise Champion Award, curating our annual Evolve Conference, the delivery of Bridge (our course for increasing entrepreneurial development among the research community) and oversees our pre-incubator ICEQube.

Afroditi Pekou

Dr Afroditi Pekou

Enterprise Support Assistant

Afroditi ensures the smooth and coordinated delivery of Brookes Enterprise Support programmes and leads on our evaluation of our Business Engagement work. She also provides support across the team by utilising her broad professional skill set to deliver our wide range of initiatives and interventions.

Sarah Irons

Dr Sarah Irons

Enterprise Centre & BioInnovation Hub Manager

Sarah manages the Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre and Bioinnovation Hub, which provide lab and office space for start-up early stage life science and digital tech companies. With her combination of research and lab management experience, and strong connections within the University and local innovation ecosystem, she is perfectly positioned to ensure companies are well-supported so they can focus on growth.  

Nav Krishna Viswanathan

Nav Krishna Viswanathan

Enterprise Centre Assistant

Nav manages and plans the Centre’s marketing and operations, creating and sharing content such as infographics for its website and social media channels. He also generates invoices and processing payments for the Centre’s services, and oversees all administrative day to day tasks. 

Contact us

General enquiries and support

enterprise-support@brookes.ac.uk