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Jon is the chair of the Pitchfest judging panel.

Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT.

Chris joined CW+, the charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, as Chief Executive in July 2016 and sits as a member of the Trust board. In addition to spearheading the charity to raise funds to provide new facilities and deliver the Trust’s unique arts and health programme, Chris is the charity lead of CW Innovation.

The CW Innovation programme – a joint initiative between the Trust and the charity – identifies, embeds, and evaluates new health innovations that aim to improve patient care, not just within the Trust but across the NHS and beyond.

Stacey [RGN, BSc, MSc] is the CNIO at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. She has held various digital transformation roles in three large NHS acute trusts since 2017. Before taking up positions in digital transformation, she worked clinically in the Emergency Department, medical wards, and the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement team.

Stacey is a Florence Nightingale Foundation 2022 Digital Scholar and whilst she has been involved in and led several digital transformation projects, she is interested in how to create a digitally positive culture in the NHS and plans to explore this during her FNF year. In addition to her NHS experience, Stacey also co-founded a health IT company, a clinically-led enterprise developing forward-thinking quality assurance and improvement software. The start-up is on a mission to help clinical colleagues use data to improve patient care.

John is a venture capital investor with a diverse professional background as a clinical engineer, research neuroscientist, technology entrepreneur, and physician.

He developed an implantable medical device as a PhD student at the University of Oxford and, as Managing Partner of one of Europe’s leading healthtech investors, has been responsible for driving innovation globally in partnership with Novartis, Medtronic, and the NHS.

Megan is The Director of Digital Innovation at Oxford University Hospitals and a career expert in entrepreneurship and innovation. She currently runs TheHill digital innovation catalyst based at Oxford University Hospitals, including oversight of TheHill’s flagship Market Access Accelerator programme.

Megan also sits on the Board of The Oxford Trust, an independent charitable trust working across enterprise and innovation, science education and public engagement with science.

Maria is a marketing artisan and top consultant, specialised in healthcare and focused on delivering results, accelerating growth and capturing mindshare for startups and scaleups. She coaches, advises, and helps grow the best and brightest organisations in Europe and beyond in health tech and med tech, both B2B and B2C.