After a 20-year commercial career in the biotechnology sector, Dr. Nadia Danhash has a cross sectoral focus on innovation. She invests in and supports the creation and growth of new design-led ventures and she trains and mentors early-stage and more mature non-design businesses internationally to help them to innovate and grow. She leads the Royal College of Art's Entrepreneurship Centre, Innovation RCA and is responsible for the direction of its start-up accelerators. In 2015 she set up Angel Club RCA to connect investors and UK companies seeking early stage investment. She has worked with over 200 companies from a diverse range of sectors and, on behalf of the Royal College of Art, has invested in over 80 of them. Most recently she launched the RCA's Design & Impact S/EIS Investment Fund. Nadia has worked in Europe and the USA and her roles have included responsibility for operations in Asia. A PhD life scientist with an MBA, Nadia's broad commercial experience at international corporations and with start-ups have given her a breadth of experience from which she constantly draws when working with founders.