Congenica: Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts has been appointed as a non-executive board director of Congenica. She is the managing director of Health & Care at Legal & General, which co-led Congenica's recent $50 million Series C funding round. Previously, she was the chief executive of the Accelerated Access Collaborative, an umbrella organization for UK health innovation. She also used to be director of innovation, research, and life sciences at NHS England. Roberts holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a doctorate in evidence-based healthcare from the University of Oxford.