Eric is an established innovation professional regarding issues of “healthy ageing”.  He runs a portfolio of projects to help people live better for longer, including Chairman of Open Age, Chairman Wave Active Trust, Ebbsfleet Healthy New Town Advisor, Chairman Centaur Robotics, Co-founder APPG for Longevity Secretariat, Ageing 2.0 UK Ambassador, Mission Champion of Zinc’s Healthy Ageing Catalyst, External Advisory Board member at the Royal College of Art’s Design Age Institute and Honorary Associate Professor of Primary Care Innovation.

Prior to this project portfolio, Eric helped to launch the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund – Healthy Ageing as the Interim Director.  The Healthy Ageing Challenge Fund is a £98 million fund to invest in innovations that enable people to live better for longer.

Prior to his ISCF Healthy Ageing role, he managed large programmes for GE Aerospace, Lockheed-Martin, AT&T and KPMG. Eric studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA from New York University. He is a Freeman of the City of London at the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists.