Chair, CEO, Non-executive director, trustee, founder, advisor; I bring board level and executive experience across different sectors, building collaborations and consensus with diverse stakeholders and looking at the bigger picture to quickly diagnose problems. Most recently, my portfolio has expanded to include Chair of Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, as well as being appointed as Policy Fellow (health innovation) at the University of Central Lancashire. I have been a founder/investor in 4 spin-out companies and currently leading my 5th, Plasma4, commercialising an exciting plasma-materials based platform technology to deliver therapeutics in clinical indications such as cancers, autoimmune diseases and infections. I have a passion for spotting early-stage opportunities at the health/industry/research interface, supporting and advising on early-stage start-up feasibility and technology development. I bring an astute understanding of the innovation pipeline and a passion for driving innovation and translation into practice. Innovation is chaotic and I have the scars!!I am a strong advocate of partnerships, having experienced, first hand, the benefits of working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders. It is, in fact, the only way to effectively address today’s biggest societal challenges. I provide strategic leadership and bring imaginative thinking to problem solving. I have a keen interest in technology and health innovation, governance, culture and leadership. This is complemented by my ability to think things through from different perspectives, bringing a high level of emotional intelligence and a natural affinity to overcome barriers.I have a track record in having done this - under my inclusive, leadership of a large, complex R&D organisation in Australia (with partners including government, health providers and businesses), I identified an important, transformational industry need, with two successful legacy spin-out companies, exploiting smart surfaces for implanted medical devices and technologies for cancer immunology, and a foundation trust. My international background traversing health, medicine, business and research, has given me a unique skill set and perspective on different cultures and the ability to speak the right language, an important factor in bringing together people from different disciplines, sectors and communities.