Clarissa Sowemimo-Coker

Board Advisor & Leadership Coach

Clarissa Sowemimo-Coker is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (also operating as Octavian Therapeutics), and works separately as a board advisor and fractional executive supporting biotech founders through growth, capital and culture. A qualified solicitor, she began her career at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in London before working as a commercial consultant to companies in the retail, telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors. She is also a management coach who delivers compliance training and management coaching to large organisations including Google, Biogen and McDonald's across the EMEA and APAC regions, and was selected as a 2021 mentor by Legal Geek, which connects mentors and mentees across the legal industry with a focus on supporting under-represented groups. She holds a BA in philosophy and literature from the University of Warwick and legal qualifications from BPP Law School in London.