Meet the Student Startups team

Emily Davies

Head of Student Entrepreneurship

Emily is the Head of Student Entrepreneurship, and leads the Student Startup team at the University of Exeter. Emily works closely with academic and professional services colleagues across colleges to foster an entrepreneurial culture across all campuses, broadening access to entrepreneurial education and skills development and nurturing and developing student and graduate startup businesses.

Jasmine Hammond

Student Startup Manager

Jasmine manages and delivers on the Student Startup programmes based on the Streatham Campus, across the academic year. Jasmine is a champion of positive social impact and social development, and an advocate of supporting individuals and innovative ideas that challenge the status quo.

Jasmine has a diverse background in Education, Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing.

Amber Strong

Boyden Programme Manager

Amber manages the Boyden Entrepreneurship Programme, supporting the entrepreneurial development of students across the department of Engineering, including competitions, international development opportunities and 1-2-1 support.

Previously, Amber led SETsquared Exeter's Intrapreneurial "IKEEP" Programme, and developed student enterprise support programmes at the University of Plymouth.

Nicholas Pearson

Startups and Commercialisation Manager

Nick manages the Student Startup programmes on the Penryn campus, supporting entrepreneurial students through workshops, inspirational events and one-to-one coaching.

Nick's background is in entrepreneurship, building businesses in the media and live event sectors. For the last eight years he has been working in business support and recruitment for SMEs in Cornwall alongside investing in early-stage businesses.

Julia Mackay

Student Startups Programme Coordinator

Julia oversees the day-to-day running of the Student Startups programmes, which includes delivering workshops and content to students, leading programme administration, and communicating student success stories in university news and social media.

Julia joined the team in 2021 after completing a graduate role working as Marketing and Communications Coordinator in the Exeter Innovation department.