Nick Cross was a co-founder of Immunocore in 2008 and served as Chairman for the first five years. He was previously a significant investor in, and non-executive director of, Avidex from 2000–2006. Nick is a serial entrepreneur and hands-on investor. His previous ventures have included Adaptimmune where he was a co-founder and Chairman for the first five years, Oxford Asymmetry Ltd (now part of Evotec), Oxford Semiconductor Ltd (now part of Toshiba) in both of which he was also a co-founder and first Chairman, Doctors.net (now part of M3 Corporation), Oxxon (now part of Oxford Biomedica), Lansdown Estates Group Ltd (now MEPC Milton Park Ltd.), and Oxagen Ltd. Mr Cross holds a BA degree from the University of Oxford and an MBA from London Business School.