Gerty Holla
Coalition Manager Healthy Region
Amsterdam Economic Board
Gerty Holla is working with partners on new insights in Life Sciences & Health, including biotechnology, towards a Healthy Region. Together they help residents in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (and beyond). Through innovations for better and more efficient care, ensuring that people stay healthy for as long as possible and reducing health disparities.
Biotechnology, prevention, data, AI and valorisation by startups can make an important contribution to this. Just like strengthening the Life Sciences & Health ecosystem and driving public-private partnerships. Gerty previously worked as the investment manager Life Sciences & Health at various investment funds, including the ROM InnovationQuarter and BioPartner Startup Ventures.
She has also worked for the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI) and the Amsterdam Science Park. She is a committee member for the LSH Take Off and Faculty of Impact programmes of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and a mentor at the Ace Incubator.
“Health has an enormous impact on individuals and society. Through smart use of new technologies and innovative collaborations, we can address the major challenges facing us in the health field. Both in prevention & lifestyle, and medical care, diagnostics and drug development.”