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London, UK
Sonia Ponzo is a behavioural scientist and digital health strategist with over 10 years’ experience in research, product and digital health. She helps healthtech founders and leadership teams turn complex evidence, user insight, and market signals into clear commercial direction.
She has held senior leadership roles in leading digital health companies, including Flo Health and Healios. At Flo Health, the world's largest emtech platform with over 70M MAU, her work on evidence-led product developme…
Supported a consumer wellbeing app pivoting towards a B2B model, with limited clarity on organisational value and no established sales infrastructure. The challenge was to identify a credible organisational use case and a realistic route to market.
Identified neurodivergent support as the strongest organisational entry point and built an evidence-led positioning aligned with employer needs. Defined…
Worked with a digital health company preparing to enter the US B2B market, initially seeking tactical content support but lacking a clear strategic buyer framework. The leadership team needed clarity on who would buy, why, and how to communicate value credibly in a new market.
Delivered a structured strategy combining buyer priorities, public health burden data, and real user language to define pri…
Supported a clinically led mental wellbeing company operating in a competitive employer market where buyers increasingly required proof of impact. The team had strong clinical credibility but lacked a clear commercial evidence narrative to support sales, renewals, and bids.
Led the development of an evidence and outcomes strategy aligned to buyer decision-making, translating clinical insight into a…
Currently leading a feasibility and market-entry assessment for a US-based biotech company evaluating expansion into the UK. The work is designed to inform a board-level decision on whether the UK represents a viable and strategically sound next market.
The engagement includes analysis of market demand, buyer landscape, regulatory and system-level considerations, and commercial risk factors. Outputs are structured to support executive and board discussion rather than operational execution.
This work will directly inform a forthcoming board decision on UK market entry and investment allocation.
CEO and Founder
Dec 2023 - Present
Scientific Advisor
May 2023 - Present
Product, Science & Strategy Consultant
May 2023 - Present
Honorary Lecturer (Institute of Health Informatics)
Sep 2021 - Present
Scientific Advisor
Apr 2023 - Dec 2023
VP of Science
Mar 2023 - Jun 2024
Director of Science
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Head of Clinical Research
Feb 2021 - Jan 2022
Lead Research Scientist
Sep 2020 - Feb 2021
Lead Research Scientist
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Research Scientist
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Lecturer
Jan 2018 - Apr 2019
Honorary Research Assistant
Oct 2015 - May 2019
PHD Candidate
Oct 2015 - Nov 2019
Researcher
Nov 2014 - Sep 2015