Kristin-Anne joined Cambridge University Health Partners in 2021, with a mission to lead the vision for life sciences in Cambridgeshire, harnessing the talent, expertise and potential of the city’s cluster to deliver breakthrough scientific discoveries and rapidly prove and scale these to improve healthcare across the NHS. 

Previously, as a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s London Office, her focus was on improvement and innovation in healthcare delivery. She led thinking on how digital and data can create value for patients and systems and how the barriers to successful adoption and uptake can be overcome. Kristin-Anne was the founder of the McKinsey Health Tech network in 2013, bringing together the most innovative tech and digital solution providers and supporting them to deploy in health systems. She supported the UK government to identify opportunities to strengthen the UK Life science industry and the deployment of innovation in the NHS. 

Prior to joining McKinsey, Kristin-Anne worked as a doctor in Iceland and was a product manager for Neuromonics, a start-up company in Australia bringing a treatment for Tinnitus to market.  

Currently, she also leads the Secure Data Environment programme for the East of England and is heading up a workstream for Roland Sinker’s NHS review into how to bring more innovation into healthcare.