Suki Balendra (Mistry) PhD, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Suki is Director of strategic partnerships for Paddington Life Sciences. She has a wide range of leadership experience with a 20-year background facilitating, growing, and promoting health research in the UK across sectors including industry, academia, NHS, and central government.
Suki is also life sciences lead for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network North West London, and was recently appointed director of the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance which aims to improve access to and the quality of clinical research in the region. Suki has a PhD from the University of Warwick, and she is a passionate advocate for UK PLC as the number one destination to conduct clinical trial, in a way that they are open to everyone within the communities we serve.