Dr Ambalika Batra-Penny

Head of Enterprise, Innovation & Contracts, City St.George’s University of London

As an experienced innovation leader, Ambi brings a strong track record in building impactful partnerships, driving change, and commercializing intellectual property within higher education and NHS Trusts. Currently serving as Head of Enterprise, Innovation and Contracts at City, St George’s University of London, she leads strategic knowledge exchange initiatives, manages a diverse portfolio of research contracts and fosters entrepreneurship among researchers and clinicians. 

Ambi’s experience spans various leadership roles, including at St George’s University of London and the University of Surrey, where she successfully drove the commercialisation of cutting-edge technologies ranging from medical diagnostics to sustainable energy solutions.  With a PhD in Virology, she combines her scientific expertise and practical experience to facilitate the translation of research into real-world applications.

Dr Rishi Das Gupta

CEO, Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London

Dr Rishi Das-Gupta is the Chief Executive of the Health Innovation Network (HIN South London. He has worked to improve healthcare, patient experience and outcomes for over 20 years in a variety of roles focused on shaping and implementing government policy, working with health and care providers and redesigning services. He is passionate about the use of technology to enable clinical and operational change and to empower patients to manage their own conditions. Rishi’s experience spans UK and US healthcare systems and he is a fellow of the Sciana programme collaborating with German and Swiss healthcare leaders.

Before this role, he held executive roles at NHS trusts as CITO, Director of Innovation and Director of Operations and worked as a medical doctor. Rishi also has experience working as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman and McKinsey and Company. In addition to his primary medical qualification (M.B., B.S.). Rishi holds an M.A. in Law (University of Cambridge) and an M.B.A. (London Business School).

Deborah Bowen

Director of Croydon Campus, London South Bank University

With more than 25 years of experience within higher education settings, Deborah started her career delivering pastoral care and academic guidance to undergraduate students. She then went on to manage student support teams and has since developed and delivered expertise in change management within centralised and decentralised student support and professional services teams within university settings. 

Deborah was part of a team that delivered a new postgraduate campus on the Olympic Park, with responsibility for the delivery of all professional services and for embedding a quality control process. Most recently, Deborah joined LSBU as Director of the Croydon campus with a remit to develop and deliver a new vision to take the campus to its new phase of growth.

Rui Barros Silva

Entrepreneur Manager, South Bank Innovation

Rui Barros Silva is the Entrepreneurship Manager at South Bank Innovation, part of London South Bank University. 

With nearly a decade of experience in enterprise education, Rui is dedicated to championing entrepreneurship and supporting early-stage entrepreneurs and startups. His extensive expertise is complemented by a strong passion for fostering innovative thinking and entrepreneurial skills.

Lorissa Page

Chief People Officer, South West London Integrated Care System

Lorissa Page is the Chief People Officer at the South West London Integrated Care Board. Lorissa is an established professional with a portfolio spanning Workforce Transformation, Organisation Development and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.  An experienced leader with a creative, dynamic and personable approach to strategy development and transformation.

Over the past 20 years, Lorissa has held a variety of Director level roles with recognised success and has supported challenged organisations through her Consultancy working with senior leaders across a range of sectors and businesses to improve their workspaces, leadership potential and impact with diverse workforces.

As a thought leader, Lorissa is invited to speak at public events and conferences, most recently at the CloudWorld Tour 2024 at the ExCel.