Speakers

Dominick Kennerson is Director, Business Development, HealthTech, Life Sciences & Healthcare at HSBC Innovation Banking, based in London. In his role with HSBC Innovation Banking, Dominick works with the sector's leading Founders, CEOs and CFOs to de-risk the scalable growth journey via bespoke solutions, including: industry insights, networks, and the bank's global value proposition.

Dominick joined HSBC Innovation Banking in 2023 after a near-decade career with Bayer AG, based in Berlin. During his 9-year career with Bayer, he held distinct roles: in global communications, global public affairs, and served as the Global Director of G4A, respectively.

He is known as a healthcare expert, with deep experience and insight across several sectors, including public health, health innovation and entrepreneurship, healthcare communications, and healthcare policy.

Dominick's healthcare and digital health experience is deep, with a public health start with the United States Department of Agriculture (2002); in 2006, he was part of the pioneering digital health platform Revolution Health; and as a consultant he's worked with leading biopharma companies such as Pfizer, Sanofi, and Astra Zeneca.

In 2010, Dominick became a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow (Berlin, Germany); where he was exposed to the mechanisms of the transatlantic alliance and held transformative work experiences with Germany's National Statutory Health Insurance Association (GKV-SV), and Bayer Healthcare, respectively.

He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from South Carolina State University (2002), a master's degree in healthcare management from The George Washington University (2005), and a certificate from the London School of Economics Executive Education program for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (2022).