

In the latest instalment of a series exploring businesspeople’s lives beyond the workplace, Steven Hugill speaks to Dr Sam Whitehouse and Professor Carrie Ambler, chief executive and chief scientific officer, respectively, at Newcastle-based life sciences firm LightOx. Here, they reveal how they combine their time overseeing LightOx’s development of light-activated treatment for early-stage mouth cancers and a light-based antimicrobial treatment for wounds with a passion for motorcycling.