When I left Bury Grammar School, I knew I wanted to build things that combined technology with real-world impact. I just didn’t know exactly what that would look like yet.

I went on to study at Imperial College London, specialising in engineering, machine learning and how technology can operate in complex, human environments. During university and in my early career, I worked on digital products used by doctors and patients, leading technical teams and helping launch systems designed to improve how care is delivered.

Over time, one problem kept becoming obvious: in women’s health, important information is often scattered. Women can spend years searching for answers for conditions like endometriosis, infertility or hormonal disorders, repeating tests and telling their story again and again because the system is not connected.

That is the problem that led me to co-found Amilis. https://www.amilis.co.uk/

That question where we are turning everyday care from gynaecologists and fertility specialists into intelligence, so doctors can finally use real-world evidence to connect the dots, diagnose women faster, and fuel treatment innovation. It is challenging, messy and deeply meaningful work.

Recently, that work took me somewhere I never could have predicted while sitting in a classroom at BGS: a stage in Tokyo, pitching alongside startups from across the world. To reach the finals, we pitched alongside hundreds of startups across the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Amilis won and was selected as the top startup globally, citing the scale of our impact in women’s health and the ability to scale internationally.

When I reflect on how I got here, the influence of BGS is clear.

Entrepreneurship demands many of the same skills: resilience, collaboration, presenting ideas, learning quickly from failure and continuing even when the path isn’t obvious. Those foundations were built long before starting a company.

I am incredibly grateful for the environment BGS created. One that balanced academic challenge with opportunities to grow beyond the classroom.