Thompson, Louise

“Born in Newcastle, Louise Thompson’s first job was at the Freeman Hospital.  From there, she became an alumna of Northumbria University School of Law.  She went on to complete her MSc at UMIST and became a Certified Company Director by way of examination on behalf of the Institute of Directors, at Warwick Business School.  She is also an alumna of Windsor Leadership Trust.  Louise is a CEDR-accredited mediator. 

Louise spent 25 years in blue chip corporate organisations (EDS, BT, SAP, Accenture, De La Rue, Sopra Steria), applying the legal and commercial wrap to tech solutions and managing the end to end contractual lifecycle of customer agreements including bid submissions.   She has been a committee member of BSI’s ART/1 Committee on AI.  She is also a hospital governor.  She is a speaker and writer. 

Most recently, and based on her experience of being in a senior leadership position whilst caring for ageing parents, Louise founded Myfolks.  Myfolks (www.myfolks.uk) is the digital platform that sends someone round to an isolated elder to put the kettle on and have a cup of tea and a chat and Mysocialhealth (www.mysocialhealth.uk) which is using AI to delve into identifying and tackling social isolation as a preventative measure before it leads to disease such as dementia, heart disease, stroke and diabetes that are more costly in every sense.

Louise is on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, as a Patient Entrepreneur and Myfolks is supported by the National Innovation Centre for Ageing and Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria. Louise lives in Sussex, with her husband Paul, although her businesses are registered on the banks of the Tyne.”