Louise Agersnap (CH)
Head of the World Health Organization's Innovation Hub
Boye Aarhus 24 conference
PRESENTATION: TBD
About Louise Agersnap
Louise Agersnap (MA and B.A. Pol. Sci.; B.H.A.) is an innovation and change leader with extensive experience & knowledge of global health, development, and the innovation ecosystem, acquired through 20+ years in the United Nations, private sector & government, NGO, and academia.
Creativity and entrepreneurship are at the heart of her work, demonstrated by the track record of innovations and novel ‘start-up’ initiatives throughout her career, leading change from within and expanding organizational and cultural boundaries of government and global, multilateral organizations to achieve greater outcomes. Throughout, she draws on her own artist background, political science academic training, and passion for positive transformation and impact.
Currently leading the Innovation Hub at the World Health Organization, at times acting Director for the Department for Digital Health and Innovation, Louise Agersnap leads the strategy shaping and execution of WHO's innovation in health mission and promotes the Global Strategy for Digital Health. Her focus two-fold: scaling the impact of evidence-based interventions through innovation to address neglected problems and people in low- resource settings and enhancing organizational culture and capacities for creative problem solving.
All along her professional career, Louise Agersnap is a selling artist, amongst other places featured at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Luxembourg, at the Van Gogh Art Gallery in Madrid, Spain.