Nick is CSO of Bicycle Therapeutics. Previously he served as the Cambridge (US) head of oncology research at Novartis, leading a group that delivered multiple new therapies to the clinic and built industry-leading platforms for drug development. Prior to Novartis, Nick held positions of increasing responsibility at AstraZeneca, most recently leading the US oncology lead generation group; and was instrumental in the acquisition of KuDOS Pharmaceuticals leading to the registration of Olaparib (a first in class PARP inhibitor) for the treatment of BRCA mutant cancers. Nick studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and was a graduate student with the ICRF in Cambridge. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.