Prof Helen Meese
Prof. Helen Meese PhD CEng MIMechE MIPEM MWES FRSA, CEO & Founder, The Care Machine Ltd
Prof. Helen Meese is an award-winning chartered mechanical engineer with over 20 years' experience in industry and academia. She is CEO of The Care Machine, an engineering consultancy that works with early-stage innovators to develop medical technology and services. Some of her clients include NHS England, University of Sheffield, Loughborough University and University of Cambridge. She delivers training and workshop sessions to medtech businesses and healthcare practitioners; accelerating collaboration and creating positive engagement.
Helen is an accomplished public affairs and policy specialist; providing consultation and thought leadership to Government, industry, and the public sector on engineering and its contribution to health & care. She is passionate about all aspects of STEM and provides mentoring and coaching to young engineers as well as being the host of the IMechE's engineering podcast, Impulse to Innovation. She is Immediate Past Chair of the IMechE's Biomedical Engineering Division and a past Trustee, an Entrepreneur in Residence at Durham University Business School, a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Healthcare Policy Topic Group, and a Health Foundation Q Community member.