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Vica Manos
Partner, Head of Venture Investments, Anthemis
Vica is a Partner at Anthemis. A banker turned investor, she is a thought leader in the industry focused on the intersection of Financial Services and adjacent sectors. Vica has extensive experience in working alongside industry incumbents and challengers alike. At Anthemis, she oversees the venture stage strategy. She also launched Anthemis’ healthcare investing activities and established the first impact investment vehicle alongside Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, investing in to Financial Wellness. Vica serves on the boards of Acre Homes, Apollo Agriculture, Hover, Hurdle, Moonshot Brands, NOW Money, Novoic, Numan, Sentio Solutions (Feel) and YuLife. She previously served on the board at Abaka, Currencycloud, Monese, Patch’d and Wayhome. Prior to joining Anthemis, Vica was an Investment Banker at Credit Suisse, where she focused on Leveraged Finance. She ran a debt portfolio focused on the media and infrastructure sectors. Vica graduated summa cum laude from Bocconi University and speaks five languages. She is an avid baker and loves to travel.
Maia Monell
Co-Founder and CRO, Nav.it
Maia Monell is a leader in health technology. She is the co-founder and CRO of Nav.it and was a founding team member of BridgeAthletic. Having seen the detrimental effects poor financial and mental health have on physical performance outcomes during her time at Bridge, Maia co-founded the financial health app, Nav.it to leverage finance as a tool to improve overall health. Devoted to making preventative healthcare more accessible, Maia is a notable investor in healthcare, sustainability and economic development. Maia is also the founding partner of The Asteri Collective, a community for female leaders in asset allocation and family offices. She holds a MS in Marketing Strategy & Innovation from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School) and a BA in English from Wake Forest University.
Liz Walker
Chief Operating Officer, Unum
As Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Unum, Liz is responsible for our service operations for brokers and customers. She drives the strategic development of our broker servicing, claims and rehabilitation propositions to deliver the highest levels of service excellence to every customer. Liz considers ensuring her team feels valued, respected and equipped to deliver excellent customer service vital to her role. Liz has been with Unum for 25 years, moving from the US Sales Organisation team to the UK in 2012. Before becoming COO, she ran the Key Accounts Sales Team and was the UK HR Director.
Daniel Garsin
Partner, Elixirr
Daniel leads Elixirr’s work with our healthcare clients, including innovation and strategy engagements with market-leading companies like Unum, Bupa, SimplyHealth and Life Healthcare. He has spent the past 15 years working with senior leaders to develop ambitious growth strategies and operating models, supported by technology and innovation. He is experienced in upskilling teams in new ways of working and connects his clients to innovative technology solutions to accelerate delivery of new products and transformation programmes.
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