About the Founder

Sarah Mardle

PhD Neuroscience | BSc(Double Hons) Biochemistry & Pharmacology | CPD Accredited Expert Coach | NLP Coaching Practitioner | Top 50 UK Kind Leaders Featured by The FT

A commercially grounded scientist with a deep understanding of how highly regulated organisations work, Sarah has spent her career helping people and teams navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.

Her career began at the lab bench, before moving through programme management, departmental leadership and executive roles. Along the way she led global teams, shaped strategy and carried responsibility for decisions that directly affected products, patients and people.

Working across start-ups, scale-ups and major life science and tech organisations including AstraZeneca, Abcam and Baxter, Sarah has seen the full product and business growth lifecycle first-hand. Her expertise in regulation, quality and operational leadership has supported companies launching medical products worldwide, and she has worked with eight of the top ten pharma giants. 

Sarah is particularly committed to supporting women in life sciences and tech. She provides focused career coaching for female leaders and emerging leaders, helping them navigate crossroads, secure promotions and step into roles that match their capabilities and ambitions.

Today Sarah brings all her experience to Alma, combining scientific rigour, commercial insight and accredited coaching practice to support leaders, teams and organisations through transition, pressure and growth. She also teaches and mentors at Cambridge University Judge Business School and across the wider Cambridge ecosystem, sharing the lessons of a career spent at the intersection of science, leadership and real-world impact.