Lindsay Sharples

Lindsay Sharples

Associate Director for Enterprise and Growth, Health Innovation North West Coast

Lindsay Sharples has a strong track record of supporting innovation in health and care and securing funding to introduce innovations to the NHS from around the world.

She is responsible for the Health Innovation North West Coast’s three ERDF funded business support programmes – in Cheshire and Warrington; Liverpool City Region; and Lancashire. She also heads a team of international programme managers who work with overseas business and research bodies such as EIT Health, on funded programmes to bring cutting edge innovations to the NHS.

Her focus is to develop successful partnerships with academia, research institutions, NHS providers, local authorities and private sector partners to maximise opportunities for economic growth in the North West Coast, supported by local, national and international funding.