About
Emma is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, former boxing champion, national team captain and Michelin-star-trained chef whose career spans elite sport, food innovation, biotechnology, public policy and social impact.
From becoming one of Ireland’s pioneering female boxing champions to building award-winning food businesses in the UK, Emma has repeatedly broken through traditionally male-dominated arenas: professional sport, Michelin-level kitchens, large-scale food manufacturing, venture-backed entrepreneurship and deep-tech innovation. Her work sits at the intersection of resilience, creativity, commercial leadership and public purpose.
She is a regular keynote speaker for the British Government’s national Business & IP Centre network, where she shares practical insight with aspiring entrepreneurs, under represented communities and people rebuilding their lives through enterprise.
Emma also contributes to Parliament’s Women & Equalities Select Committee on issues including enterprise, social mobility, regional employment and the role of food manufacturing in creating meaningful opportunity across the UK.
In business, Emma serves as COO of a biotechnology venture and is a commercial industry partner with the Bezos Centre for Innovation.
At Imperial College London, she mentors scientists, researchers and founders working at the cutting edge of biotechnology, AI, bioengineering and sustainable food systems. Her work has been recognised through major innovation partnerships with Imperial College London, Innovate UK, NAPIC and the Bezos Earth Fund’s Alternative Protein initiative.
A former winner of Equity-Backed Entrepreneur of the Year and UK Food Start-Up of the Year, Emma was selected as one of 50 women worldwide for the invite-only UBS Global Female Founder programme in 2025. She also serves as a judge for the UK StartUp Awards and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, helping recognise and support the next generation of ambitious UK businesses.
Emma is also a survivor of Cushing’s disease, one of the most dangerous endocrine diseases, and a brain tumour survivor. After life-saving brain surgery in 2024, she returned to public life with a renewed mission to use her platform for awareness, opportunity and impact.
She now champions social mobility, women’s advancement, regional job creation, sustainable food innovation and greater understanding of rare disease - bringing together her lived experience, business expertise and public voice to help build a fairer, healthier and more innovative future.