About Us

Maisie works across both Converge and The Challenges Group, supporting socially driven, mission-led businesses that are creating impact across diverse sectors. Her work focuses on identifying and nurturing early-stage ventures with strong potential for innovation and societal benefit.

During her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Maisie managed the Sir Jules Thorn Centre for the Co-Creation of Rehabilitation Technology, with her research on stroke rehabilitation technology receiving national recognition, including coverage on BBC Click. Her doctoral work has been widely published and contributes to advancing the use of technology in healthcare recovery.

Maisie holds an MSc in Biofluid Mechanics and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow. In 2024, she was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship in recognition of her commitment to global learning and innovation. She is particularly passionate about empowering more women to pursue entrepreneurship and leadership in science and technology.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maisiekeogh/

Richard supports university enterprise development teams in the North East of Scotland and is based at the University of Aberdeen.

Before joining Converge, Richard worked for Young Enterprise Scotland's Elevator UK programme promoting enterprise and entrepreneurship in education and designing and delivering a range of accelerator programmes.

Maria supports the delivery of our programme and is responsible for financial processing, reporting, co-ordination, administration and logistics support.

Maria has extensive work experience in Higher Education administration including the University of Edinburgh.

Marketing & Communications Manager

With 20 years’ experience under her belt, including eight years working in London at a variety of creative agencies, Georgia brings a blend of practical, hands-on skills and strategic focus.

A s a former co-founder of a start-up, Georgia also has first-hand experience of the challenges and rewards of building a brand from the ground up.

Georgia's remit is broad and covers PR, external communications and content marketing.

Kathryn is an experienced marketing and events professional with a strong track record in PR, communications and event production. During her career she has held senior roles in major communications agencies and event production companies, latterly running her own successful event management business.

Brand Marketing Manager

Jen joined Converge in 2013 and is our longest serving team member.

Specialising in brand strategy, Jen oversees all visual aspects of the Converge brand, creating impactful brand experiences that resonate with our target audiences. Additionally, Jen oversees a wide range of other marketing activities including social media and digital marketing.

Neil Logan is an experienced board-level leader, technologist, and entrepreneur with a track record of scaling high-growth, purpose-driven businesses. As co-founder and former CEO of Incremental Group, he led the company from start-up to successful acquisition by Telefónica Tech in 2022, building one of the UK’s leading digital transformation consultancies.

With over 25 years of experience in technology and leadership, Neil brings deep expertise in digital strategy, software engineering, and data science, and organisational growth. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, where he champions innovation and industry collaboration.

Neil currently serves as a non-executive director and advisor across multiple organisations, supporting strategic development, governance, and growth.

Uzma Khan is Vice-Principal for Economic Development and Innovation, and Deputy Chief Operating Officer at the University of Glasgow.

 As the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Uzma oversees a number of professional services directorates and supports the COO in the effective delivery of corporate functions within a large organisation. 

In her capacity as Vice-Principal, Uzma has responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of the University’s innovation ambitions and its impact on the city, region and wider economy. 

Prior to joining the Higher Education sector, Uzma spent over 20 years in the civil service as a professional economist in Scottish Government advising across several policy areas and leading on Scotland’s economic strategy.  

Professor Andrew Porter has a wealth of experience within both industry and academia. He was the founding CSO at Haptogen Ltd, which eventually sold to Wyeth/Pfizer Inc, was one of the founders of the biologics drug discovery company Elasmogen, and also holds Non-Executive positions in a number of life science and other businesses including Roslin Technologies Ltd (Chair), MicroPlate Dx Ltd and more recently NCIMB Ltd.  

Andy is Professor of Medical Biotechnology at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Scottish Biologics Facility.  Away from the life sciences he is also a founding Director of Langstane Liquor Ltd and more recently, during lockdown, the multi-award winning WhiteBox Cocktails Ltd (both now located in Edinburgh).

Alexander is a UK and US corporate lawyer with a particular passion for high growth start-up companies and new businesses, supporting companies and founders from start-up, through investment and exit. He also regularly advises investors on funding start-ups and has assisted a number of UK clients to expand or set up in the US. 

Alexander is an active member of the Royal Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, sitting on the Court as an assistant and is a mentor as part of its Enterprise Programme as well as being a TechScaler mentor.

Heather was appointed as the University of Aberdeen’s first Dean for Enterprise and Innovation in April 2023. Heather has an academic background: she is a multidisciplinary social scientist whose formal training spans law, French language, forensic medicine, philosophy, gender studies, social research, sociology, criminology and health services research.

Heather specialises in digital health and qualitative research and has over fifteen years of postgraduate experience in University research and teaching, extending now to Computing Science, Biological Sciences and with a cross-University remit in Enterprise and Innovation education, advocacy and support. Heather has won multiple prizes for public engagement with research, co-developed hardware products and software solutions with academic and industry partners and recently co-founded a charity specialising in FGM Education.

As a former Partner at PwC, David has extensive advisory experience in the public sector and financial services industries specialising in strategy and large-scale transformations.

He also served as Director of Strategic Partnerships for the University of Edinburgh and has had a number of external roles including Trustee Board member for NCUB and member of the CBI Scotland advisory panel.

Margaret has held a variety of executive, non-executive and advisory roles across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors over 30 years. She enjoyed successful careers in law, latterly as a partner of a Scottish law firm, in philanthropy, as Head of Fundraising at Barnardo’s Scotland, and in venture philanthropy, as Head of Investor Relations at Inspiring Scotland, before joining the University of Glasgow, initially as Chief of Staff in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and then as XPRIZE Lead for the University, and is currently Director of Strategy and Development at Enable. Margaret is passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and the translation of research into real world impact.