Sophie Read founded Read Marketing to address a gap she encountered across her 25-year career: early-stage biotech, medtech and medical device companies in the North East of England and Scotland were building world-class science, but struggling to communicate it commercially. Most marketing agencies didn’t understand the sector. Most sector specialists didn’t understand the regional ecosystem.

Sophie’s background spans science, manufacturing and B2B commercial roles giving her an unusually direct understanding of how life sciences organisations actually operate, how NHS procurement decisions are made, and what investors in the sector genuinely want to hear. She has worked with prominent manufacturing organisations across the North East as well as supporting multiple start-ups to translate scientific innovation into investor-grade commercial narratives.

In 2026 Sophie attended Empowering Women in Biotech hosted by Bionow at BioCity Glasgow one of a growing number of sector-specific ecosystem events where she builds the collaborative relationships that directly benefit Read Marketing’s clients. Her previous work includes her time at Firefinch Software, where she developed a deep network within the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre community across the North East and Scotland.

Sophie is currently expanding her technical capability alongside her sector expertise completing NCFE Level 3 courses in Cyber Security and Coding Practices, and holding qualifications in Data Analytics, Data Protection, Lean Organisation Management and AI-powered marketing from the Open University and Santander programmes.

You can find out more about Sophie by visiting her website https://sophieread.co.uk/

Areas of expertise

🎯 Conference & Events Strategy

Building 12-month event programmes for early-stage life sciences companies — from regional ecosystem events to BioTrinity and MEDICA.

📖 Brand Strategy & Investor Narrative

Translating complex scientific IP into clear, compelling commercial stories — for investors, NHS partners, and commercial customers.

🏥 NHS & Healthcare Market Access

Positioning medtech and digital health products within AHSN networks, ICS innovation programmes and NHS procurement pathways.

💻 Digital Marketing & Content

Data-informed content strategies for B2B life sciences audiences — LinkedIn, white papers, clinical communications and web presence.

📰 PR & Life Sciences Media

Trade media relationships across PMLiVE, Digital Health News, MedCity News and The Manufacturer for credibility-building coverage.

🤝 B2B Sales Enablement

Commercial collateral, partnership communications and sales-supporting content built for technical buyers and procurement leads.