Biographies
Team Members

Jo Pisani
Strategic Advisor, Non‑Executive Director, Trustee 

Jo focuses on supporting charities, universities and business start-ups. She is chair of London’s MedCity and Birmingham’s Precision Health Technology Accelerator and the West Midlands Health Technology Innovation Accelerator. She serves on the boards of the UK Dementia Research Institute, LifeArc, The RSA Group, LAM Action and Beacon for Rare Dieases. She is also a strategic advisor and NED for biotechs in the UK, Finland and Spain and sits on the board of Bioventix plc. Prior to this, Jo led PwC’s UK Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences practice, and spent 20 years assisting clients with strategy, transformational change and deals. She started her career at BP and then GSK, with roles in strategy, commercial and operations functions. 

She is a passionate supporter of critical public health issues, such as tackling dementia, rare diseases and anti-microbial resistance. 

 Jo is supporting the advisory board as a LAM patient and trustee of LAM Action where she contributes her perspectives as a rare disease patient  She also leverages her professional experience in rare diseases  Outside of work she enjoys tennis, yoga and cycling.