Charlotte Catignani is an Industrial Associate, specialising in the use of structured approaches to accelerate the translation of mental health research into innovations delivered at scale.

EXPERTISE

Charlotte is also the Innovation and Engagement Manager at the William Templeton Foundation for Young People’s Mental Health (YPMH). YPMH works to improve the lives of young people by facilitating innovative approaches to resolve mental health conditions.

Her areas of expertise include:

-Collaborating with researchers to understand the underlying causes of mental health problems, and developing innovations to diagnose, treat and prevent them.

-Applying innovation management tools to accelerate the translation of research into innovations.

HIGHLIGHTS

Prior to YPMH and her Industrial Associate role, Charlotte worked in R&D and commercial leadership roles in food ingredient manufacturing. During this time she initiated, implemented and managed multiple international projects to enable the commercialisation of new manufacturing processes and products.

She commercially managed a successful product category, led the product management team, and was involved in business transformation initiatives, using business intelligence, market research and strategic decision-making tools to create business plans and drive strategic direction.

Charlotte has a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Bradford, and undertook postgraduate research at Bradford in anti-cancer medicinal chemistry.