Senior Advisor, European Health Policy & EU Affairs, HIMSS Org; Managing Director at Health Connect Partners, UK
Petra Wilson is co-founder and Managing Director of Health Connect Partners, a boutique consultancy which focusses primarily on helping clients understand the European health policy environment.
In addition, Petra acts as EU Policy Advisor to HIMSS and is a member of the team at the Institute for Innovation through Health Data, focusing on data governance. Alongside these roles, Petra serves as facilitator for WHO’s Strategic Partners Initiative for Data and Digital Health.
Petra’s professional experience includes eight years in the European Commission, where she focussed on the use of information society technologies in healthcare; and seven years as Senior Director of Connected Health at Cisco, where Petra’s team supported clients in making best use of new communications technologies to drive safer and more efficient access to healthcare. Petra also has deep experience of the health services sector, having served as CEO of the International Diabetes Federation; as well as experience in academia having been member of the teaching staff of both the Law School and Medical School of Nottingham University.
Petra holds a Doctorate in Public Health Law from Oxford University and works in English, German and French.
