President & CEO

Wolters Kluwer Denise Basow is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Clinical Effectiveness at Wolters Kluwer , a veteran health tech company founded more than 180 years ago in the Netherlands . Dr Basow has over 30 years of clinical and business experience leading high-performing teams , and was appointed CEO in 2015 , after an almost 20-year tenure at UpToDate , which Wolters Kluwer acquired in 2008 . In her current role , she oversees the company ' s Clinical Effectiveness segment which includes information platform UpToDate , its clinical drug information solutions Lexicomp , and multimedia programme Emmi .

Head of Legal

Google Health

Afia Asamoah is the head of legal at Google Health , managing the team that helps deliver the tech giant ' s healthcare strategy . Before joining Google she advised clients on healthcare , regulations and compliance , specialising in biotechnology and medical devices . Asamoah won four awards when she worked as Special Assistant in the Office of the Commissioner at the U . S . Food and Drug Administration , advising senior leaders and staff . Throughout the pandemic she has aimed to inform both the public and professionals in their efforts to tackle the virus . Passionate about resolving healthcare inequities , she was recently nominated for an award as Most Influential Minority Executive in healthcare .