With 20+ years accelerating health innovation, Sophie has supported over 500 global start-ups and has held senior innovation roles in both public and private organisations including at the British Government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCDO) and at the European Commission EIT’s EIT Health. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Emergency & Military Medicine, Disaster Preparedness, MedTech and HealthTech and she has worked on Dual-Use + Health since 2011 focusing on identifying commercial growth and funding opportunities for startups in both the civilian and military sectors. HealthTech20x www.healthtech20x.com is a Boutique Innovation Advisory firm and clients include Venture Capital firms, Accelerators, Innovation Agencies, Startups and Scaleups from Europe, the UK, Switzerland and the US.