Hannah is the Vice President for NM Ventures and Innovation for NorthwesternMemorial HealthCare and responsible for crafting NM Ventures’ overall commercialisation and innovation vision and roadmap. Hannah leads the intellectual property, business development and licensing teams across NM that are responsible for commercialization and the leveraging of technology innovations to improve NM’s performance including maintaining current knowledge of market trends and technologies and advising NM on effective utilization of such emerging technologies and business transformation opportunities. Hannah is also focused on Northwestern Medicine’s collaborations, identifying industry partners who can together with NM transform discovery of new treatments and delivery of healthcare. In addition, Hannah identifies portfolio opportunities and provides direction on NM Ventures investments in technology, artificial intelligence, and data analytics in partnership with NM’s Office of Investment. Hannah previously led Northwestern Medicine’s procurement services division including strategic sourcing, contracting, purchasing and pharmaceutical procurement and inventory management. 

Hannah has been at Northwestern Medicine for 12 years and previously spent time leading sales and procurement teams in the CPG sector where responsible for growing health and beauty care categories at national and global retailers. Hannah grew up in Australia where she studied law and began her career in legal practice in London and New York