“Passionate about innovations in Health. Firm believer in digital transformation and people centric solutions. Strong synthetic mind, team spirit, result-orientation and in constant learning. Over 20 years of experience both in research and in management of large international multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. European citizen with professional experience in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. Mother of three half-German children, including a two-for-one package deal.

PhD in telecom/biomedical engineer. In 2022 appointed (Board) Director of Innovation and 2023 interim Chief Growth Officer at EIT Health, the largest innovation private partnership for Innovation in Health in Europe. She also acted from 2019 to 2023 as CEO of EIT Health Spain and board member of EIT Health.
Cristina has developed an extensive international career in R&D, digital health and healthcare transformation: previously at the ESA, Hewlett Packard, Telefonica and Philips, where she managed the European programs in Telehealth, Population Health, and Value-Based-Healthcare.
She has held representation positions in industrial organizations, standardization committees, expert forums and innovation programs like COCIR, CEN, ITU and the EC.
Elected as one of the 100 women leaders in Spain (lastop100), woman with excellent STEM career, and one of the HIMSS global leaders in digital health (future50).“