The BLN Growth Forum Events Team
Mark Littlewood
mark@theBLN.com
Mark is the founder of The BLN. He was part of the founding team at Library House, an investment research business based in Cambridge serving the global venture capital & banking communities. He led the business development activities for the organisation & built a network of angels, early stage, venture & corporate investors.
Previously, he has worked with university spin outs; run a 40 person consultancy business; & founded a web portal for the CAD community. Mark has worked in the publishing and information sectors & attended Trinity College, Cambridge.
Darren Harper
darren@theBLN.com
Darren is a Director at The BLN, working to build the network and structure the business.
Prior to The BLN, Darren was Head of Business Development, Research & Consulting, & Events at Library House where he built, trained and led teams to develop the online products, establish the Essential Event series and produce many of Library House’s reports.
Prior to this Darren was Head of Production at Abcam where he established the internal production division of the company and was principally involved in the development of the companies internal workflow systems and global testing and production partnerships. Darren has a PhD in Diabetes Research from the University of Bath and a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of York.
Samara Dawson
samara@theBLN.com
Samara is the Events Manager at The BLN. She brings a wealth of experience that will enable the company to expand and crystallise its events programme and deliver more value to our growing community.
She spent her career building communities – geographical, technology, or sector-focused. Initially starting her career with Cambridge Network, she was seconded to work with other communities such as Cambridge Wireless, Full Moon and VBN.
Samara was instrumental in establishing ‘The Learning Collaboration’, developing the operational architecture and membership base for this initiative.
Most recently she spent time with the TSB Knowledge Transfer Network – Electronics, working throughout the UK and Europe.
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