Entrepreneurs Week booklet digital - Catalog - Page 17
Entrepreneurs Week
2019
Speakers
Dr Sarvi Banisadr
Holding Your Hand
Alison Cooper
Entrepreneur
Sarvi currently works as a self-employed
advisor & consultant for tech-enabled start-ups
with a focus on healthcare, pharmaceuticals,
insurance and innovative technologies. She
is also a global speaker on these topics. Prior
to that, she founded Holding Your Hand, a
HealthTech start-up which seeks to empower
patients with the support of remote patient
advocates (Medical Navigators).
In the 1990’s, Alison launched En Route
International. Now a £40M corporation, it
serves over 40 International Airlines across their
networks. This success led to the Emirates group
(dnata) obtaining full ownership in 2017, and to
Alison receiving a Life Time Achievement Award
from The Onboard Hospitality publication for her
contribution to the airline catering industry. Over
the past two years Alison has gone on to launch
Palm Grove Investments and Alicia J.
George Davies
Partner at Hambro Perks
Jo Morrell
Managing Editor at The Telegraph
George is a partner at Hambro Perks, a venture
firm based in London, backing innovative teams
with global ambition such as What3Words,
Echo, Previse, Quorso, Muzmatch. He has
formerly worked for McKinsey, GLG Partners,
and in politics (including as an advisor to the
president of Liberia).
Jo has spent 20 years in leadership positions
in the UK media. She joined The Telegraph as
Managing Editor in 2017, and is responsible for
furthering the brand’s editorial vision, strategy,
and transformation. Jo was previously a Founding
Director of The Pool UK, where she worked part
time and was subsequently celebrated in a
former Timewise Power 50 List.
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