Meet the Team
The LYVA Labs team brings a wealth of experience from some of the North West’s most well-respected names, across both public and private sectors.
Lorna was director of enterprise and growth at the Innovation Agency and joined LYVA Labs in 2021 as founding CEO. Lorna started her career in the NHS before going on to work in a variety of commercial private sector roles in medical technology companies.
Lorna Green
CEO
Steve is an experienced Chairman who sits on a range of boards in public and private sectors. A corporate financier by profession, Steve has a detailed knowledge of working with start-ups/SMEs. Earlier in his career he was the original financial engineer to MSIF, which has invested over £200m into local SMEs. He was adviser of The Funding Corporation in Chester, which was the largest start up at the time in Financial Services, raising £150m at the outset.
Steve Stuart
Chairman
Hannah has previously worked as sector manager for the health and life sciences sector at Growth Platform, the Liverpool City Region Growth Company and the Innovation Agency. At LYVA Labs, Hannah works alongside colleagues to support and develop the health and life sciences sector with a focus of business growth, inward investment, collaboration support and wider strategic initiatives.
Hannah Randles
Innovation Pipeline Manager
Rachel has 10 years’ experience in health and life sciences within academia having achieved a MRes and PhD at the University of Liverpool. Rachel has helped many SMEs across the country having been involved in raising over £9million for UK SMEs. At LYVA Labs Rachel will support the Innovation Director with the Health and Life Science fund and work with local companies to secure further funding for product development.
Rachel Lawless
Innovation Funding Manager
Dilruk is an expert in innovation and entrepreneurship with more than 20 years experience providing strategic advice to start-ups, high growth companies and corporates. Dilruk has elevated competitive performance through product, strategy, and business development based on consumer & market trends. At LYVA Labs Dilruk leads on investments for our Health and Life Science fund and provides support for our portfolio of companies.
Dilruk Yahathugoda
Investment Director
Kate is a Business Studies graduate from Liverpool John Moores University and has three years of experience in attracting inward investment. Her previous roles have seen her provide a range of free professional advice to companies considering establishing a physical presence in Liverpool City Region. Kate manages day to day operations at LYVA Labs and provides support to our portfolio of companies.
Kate McDermott
Business Operations Manager
Ivo Kerkhof
Senior Innovation Consultant
Joe is an Industrial and Product Design graduate from Loughborough University. Joe is familiar with the LCR, he spent 9 years at Unilever as a project leader in Design, R&D and Marketing roles. Joe will work with businesses in key growth sectors to identify innovation opportunities and connect with the right partners to develop ideas into commercial propositions.
Joe Cooke
Innovation Partner
Conor is a Media & Communications graduate from LJMU. He joins us from a sports marketing background, at LYVA Labs he will help to grow our brand. He will manage our social media channels, lead communication campaigns, plan and manage events and create content.
Conor Rodgers
Media & Communications Executive
