Duncan Smith

Duncan Smith

Duncan Smith, Managing Partner, Medical, Sagentia Innovation

Sustainability is increasingly impacting both corporate strategy and R&D practice for medical technology companies. There is a pressing need for change as healthcare's climate footprint is equivalent to >4% of net global emissions. In this talk, we will review what industry leading companies are already doing, what best practice we can build on from other market sectors, and how we can use circular economy principles across the care pathway to develop safer, more sustainable medical products and technology.

Duncan Smith BEng MBA, is the Managing Partner of the medical business at Sagentia Innovation. With a background in electronics systems development, he spent 15 years in R&D and manufacturing before moving to technology consultancy where he has worked with many world leading companies. His role developed into Head of US business and then Head of Industrial, Consumer and Energy business, where his teams have worked on sustainability projects across multiple sectors and territories.