Sales & Business Development Lead

Estelle Clayton

From a Congolese gynaecological hospital to a clinic delivering novel psychotherapeutic treatments, her work has consistently sat at the intersection of health, equity and systems change. In both settings, the need for coordinated reform was urgent, yet the infrastructure for sustained collaboration was often fragile. She learned quickly that individual effort, however committed, is rarely enough. Progress depends on whether institutions, funders and practitioners can align around shared priorities and act en masse.

Across her experiences, she has seen the inefficiency and missed opportunity that siloed working creates. This has shaped her interest in platforms that intentionally build connection across sectors, particularly in health, wellbeing and longevity, where innovation risks outpacing multi-stakeholder alignment. She is motivated by work that strengthens the connective tissue between policy, capital and lived experience, translating dialogue into tangible progress.

Partnership building and stakeholder convening have been central threads throughout her career, and the aspect of her work in which she feels most effective. As a fundraising and development specialist working with nonprofits focused on violence against women and girls and women’s health, she has led the cultivation of seven-figure partnerships supporting cross-continental programmes. These initiatives have focused on reducing rates of female genital mutilation through education, policy reform, advocacy and frontline service partnerships spanning the UK, Europe and multiple African contexts.

During her time with the Panzi Hospital and Foundation network, she supported global advocacy tours for Nobel Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, convening roundtables, parliamentary briefings and public events in collaboration with academic, governmental and communications stakeholders. More broadly, her work has involved linking large institutional funders, including the UEFA Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and the Gates ecosystem, with grassroots organisations such as Malaika, where she continues to consult in a development capacity. These experiences have reinforced her understanding that durable health progress depends on alignment between capital, community leadership and policy influence.

In parallel, she currently serves as Business Development Manager for a prescription-based ketamine-assisted therapy provider operating within a tightly regulated mental health landscape. The novel application of psychedelic treatments requires careful systems design, from clinical governance to public perception, and has deepened her interest in how emerging therapeutic models scale responsibly within broader health systems.

Alongside this, she holds a parliamentary advisory role supporting Baroness Mary Goudie in the House of Lords, contributing to speeches, high-level convenings and Women, Peace and Security initiatives, often in partnership with recognised institutions such as the Royal Household of the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. This work has strengthened her ability to translate sensitive issues across audiences and has shaped her interest in how evidence, lived experience and policy dialogue intersect.