Sandeep Sandhu
Member since 2024
My primary motivation is to help build a diverse network to address the global challenges we face today and in the future, while driving meaningful and lasting change.
Bio
Dr Sandeep Sandhu is a research and innovation expert with experience across government, academia, and international partnerships. She currently leads a 50-strong directorate at Innovate UK Business Connect, spanning global partnerships, policy and insight, strategic stakeholder engagement, and private investment across the UK and Africa. Sandeep has built impactful collaborations with governments, industry, investors, and universities worldwide, and previously led IUK’s international programmes, brokering bilateral innovation partnerships with key global economies.
Earlier, Sandeep served as Senior International Policy Manager at UK Research and Innovation, where she developed UKRI’s international strategy, advanced European science policy, and represented the UK on the Global Research Council. At the Medical Research Council, she managed global health programmes including the Newton Fund and GCRF, and acted as National Contact Point for Health for Horizon 2020.
She holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
