Currently, Gavin Wood is Chief Financial Officer of Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc and Chief Financial Officer & Director at Adaptimmune Ltd. (a subsidiary of Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc).

He previously occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Abcam Plc, Controller of Unipart Group of Cos. Ltd., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Affymetrix, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Director at eBioscience, Inc.

Gavin Wood received an undergraduate degree from the University of Durham.