Fiona Thwaites — CEO
Fractional commercial leader and ecosystem architect for healthtech, longevity and women's health ventures. I work with startups as an embedded commercial leader: Responsible for accelerating GTM, refining positioning, and navigating fundraising. I also design programmes and provide strategic support to accelerators and ecosystem organisations building healthtech portfolios. My background spans CEO, fractional executive, and commercialisation leadership across healthtech startups and global brands (Novo Nordisk, Oral-B, P&G). Active ecosystem involvement through board and advisory roles: CensHERship, Femtech France, FemHealthX, Women Building Women, women's health angel networks. Highlights: Women's health startup CEO: +50% subscriber growth YoY, 70% waitlist conversion, £300K bridge raise, strategic exit to Orreco. Wegovy GTM lead (Novo Nordisk): 120% prescription targets, +40% retention vs benchmark, Manny Award 2022 Oral-B connected health: $800M investment approval, 1.3M units (18 months), fastest-selling brush Europe Women's health accelerator: 9 companies, 12 mentors, 100% engagement, investor showcase delivery event. Current focus: Working with healthtech/femtech startups on 6-12 month commercial leadership engagements, and with accelerators/ecosystem organisations on cohort-based programme design. Based in France/UK, working across UK, EU and N.Am markets. Website: https://fionathwaites.lovable.app/
Stackforce AI infers this person is a HealthTech and Marketing Strategy expert with extensive experience in startup growth and product innovation.
Location: Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France
Experience: 9 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Commercialisation
- Gtm Strategy
- Accelerator Management
- Leadership
- Business Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Customer Experience
- Innovation Management
- Customer Engagement
- Fundraising
- Digital Transformation
- User Experience
- Product Innovation
- Strategy Development
- Analytics
Career Highlights
- Led women's health startup to 50% subscriber growth YoY.
- Achieved 120% prescription targets for Wegovy at Novo Nordisk.
- Secured $800M investment for Oral-B connected health project.
Work Experience
FTCS Consulting
Commercialisation and GTM in Digital Health and Longevity (1 yr 7 mos)
CensHERship
Board Member (1 yr 8 mos)
Femtech France
Benevole / Advisor (1 yr 8 mos)
Jennis
CEO (1 yr 11 mos)
Shleep.co
CMO (11 mos)
ConcentricLife
Head of Innovation (1 yr 3 mos)
Valtech
Digital Marketing and Experience Strategist (7 mos)
Inhabitech
CMO (2 yrs 2 mos)
Sunday Dinner Community
Founding Member (8 yrs 3 mos)
Publicis
SVP Product Marketing & Innovation Strategy Oral-B (2 yrs 11 mos)
Starcom
SVP Head of Strategy & Analytics (1 yr)
Karmarama, Talkwalker and Startup Consulting
Digital Marketing Director I Strategy & Innovation (1 yr)
John McNeil Studio
VP Digital Marketing Director I Strategy & Innovation (1 yr 10 mos)
John McNeil Studio, Deutsch, Adrenalina, NBC Interactive
VP Digital Marketing Director I Strategy & Innovation (1 yr 8 mos)
KBS (kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners)
VP Digital Marketing Director (2 yrs 5 mos)
Publicis
VP Digital Marketing Director (2 yrs 4 mos)
Fulcrum Analytics
Digital Strategy Director (4 yrs 10 mos)
Sainsburys
Strategy Manager I Location Planning (2 yrs 8 mos)
Experian
Strategic Marketing Analyst (1 yr 2 mos)
Education
BSc Hons at University of Reading
Certificate at General Assembly
Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford Continuing Studies