• Pilar Fernández Hermida is a global commercial expert with 20+ years’ launching successful commercial strategies across 6 continents. She was part of the leadership teams of Cisco and Wolters Kluwer. Amongst her accomplishments, she achieved double-digit growth Y/Y, raised $350M in funds, and helped hundreds of businesses and government institutions leverage technology to achieve their goals. • Currently, Pilar is the founder of i-Expand, a commercial strategy firm focused on assisting Health Tech and Deeptech companies grow and monetize. The company also works investors including Family Offices (Commercial Due Diligence) and Accelerators (Go to Market Academy x i-Expand©). To date, more than 500+ companies have been through the programme. • Throughout her career, Pilar has led projects involving connected real estate, smart city and connected home and care. Currently she is developing the concept of wellbeing real estate in partnership with some key players. • Pilar is fluent in 9 languages, holds 2 First-class degrees and is PMO-certified by Stanford. • Additionally, Pilar also serves as board member of Women TechEU (EU), DHACA (UK), DIT (Germany) and Malta GUD. Other roles include: Scientific Committee Advisory Member at ZIMAM (UAE); Expert in residence in Sheraa (UAE); IVMS mentor at Imperial College (UK); Advisor, mentor, and angel in several startups. Guest lecturer and International Public speaker.