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Emma-Louise Fusari is the Founder of In-House Health. A Nurse for 21 years, Emma has acquired a vast wealth of knowledge and experience in the health sector, mainly through delivering public health programmes and chronic disease management initiatives.

Emma founded In-House Health to enable organisations to make a measurable impact on their people, performance and profits. Through clinically led, evidence-based and data-informed workplace health and wellbeing solutions In-House Health gets to the root cause of work-related ill health issues and provides actionable strategies and tangible results so that organisations can sustain a high-performance culture for innovation and growth.

Emma is a TalkTalk Northwest Women in Tech Award Winner (Tech for Good) and was recently named Innovator of the Year at Computing’s Women in Tech Excellence Awards for her pioneering HealthTech work.

Andrew Finlayson, also known as Finny is the North West Regional lead for Accenture UKIA.

Andrew has held leading roles as Innovation Champion, Programme Director, Experience Architect and Subject Matter Advisor in large scale or complex digital and innovation programmes, relating to engaging Human Experiences – ranging from Patient, to Carer, to Citizen. He specialises in facilitating cross-functional collaboration and has immersed himself in the understanding of emerging trends in Digital Experiences spanning therapy and treatment areas.

Andrew is an advocate for V&A, Sustainability, events, training and performance, in bringing to life the unlimited potential of imagination, technology, and intelligence. One of Andrew’s most passionate areas is inclusion and diversity. He is devoted to these causes, not only in the workplace, but holistically and is responsible for driving all of the Accenture Song UK&I inclusion and diversity initiatives.

Charlotte Ollerton is a Team Leader at Innovate UK Business Growth with over a decade of experience in the dynamic realm of health and life sciences. With a keen eye for fostering growth, Charlotte has collaborated extensively with SMEs guiding leadership teams towards unlocking their full potential. Armed with expertise in market intelligence, accessing the NHS and supporting companies to become investment ready; Charlotte can identify crucial pathways for scaling ventures.

Innovate UK Business Growth (previously Innovate UK EDGE) is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s deep investment in the pioneering businesses that drive economic growth. It is a publicly-funded service available to all high potential small to medium sized innovation-driven companies.

James is a Partner in Cowgills Deal Advisory team. He has considerable transaction experience, advising on over £500m of deal value and has been shortlisted for multiple awards, including emerging dealmaker at the North West Insiders and Rising Star at the Dealmakers. James has experience in a variety of businesses and industries across the region, but his key focus is the healthcare sector. James works with shareholders on their respective growth journeys to help navigate some of the challenges and pitfalls in order to achieve best value.