Hassan is an entrepreneur and advisor in global digital health and innovation. He is interim Commercial Director for the UK’s Health Data Research hub for cancer (DATA-CAN) and was, until recently, the Global Digital Health Specialist for the Department for International Trade (DIT).

He is a founder at Opto Health, Vita and Inovia.Bio, Visiting Lecturer at UCL Global Business School for Health, Editorial Board Member of The International Journal of Digital Health, Mentor for the NHS Innovation Accelerator, Edison Accelerator and also at KQ Labs at The Francis Crick Institute, Commercial Consultant for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Co-Chair of the HIMSS Innovation Committee for 2022 and a member of the HETT Steering Committee.

As the Senior NHS Navigator at DigitalHealth.London, Ruth manages a portfolio of programmes for innovators which aim to improve how they work with the NHS and enable digital transformation through the spread and adoption of technology.

Ruth is a Speech and Language Therapist with over 25 years of experience working in the NHS delivering clinical services and managing teams. Her passion has always been to drive quality improvement of clinical services, and this has been applied to a range of patient groups and clinical settings.