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Join our HerAIStory Christchurch event to hear from Gemma Abbott, a leading voice from Deloitte who is actively shaping the future of healthcare with AI. Gemma beautifully bridges her deep background in life sciences and pharmaceuticals with cutting-edge technology, demonstrating how digital strategy and AI-enabled products can create tangible, sustainable change in health systems like Health New Zealand and the UK’s NHS.
Learn how she moved from advisory to developing real-world, clinician-facing tools—like Gen-AI patient summaries—and discover the essential lessons from her journey and landmark research in her “Healthy Systems” white paper.
Biography
Gemma Abbott is a Manager in Technology, Strategy and Transformation at Deloitte, where her professional focus is on delivering complex digital health, health system transformation, and AI-enabled products and services. Her journey began with a strong foundation in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, which provided a unique, patient-centric lens as she transitioned into professional services. This perspective has since enabled her to deliver critical digital health engagements across diverse, high-stakes environments, including Health New Zealand (HNZ), the UK’s NHS, and a range of private sector clients.
Gemma's expertise is both strategic and technical. It spans from high-level digital strategy and advisory work to the design and implementation of practical, clinician-facing AI applications. Notably, she has led the development of Gen-AI patient summaries tooling for a Primary Health Organisation (PHO), a real-world example of how AI can dramatically inform clinical practice. Further demonstrating her commitment to the sector, she authored the "Healthy Systems" white paper, which explores future-focused models of care and the pivotal role of technology in sustainable healthcare delivery. Through her work, and as a leader in Women in Health Tech, Gemma is dedicated to using technology to empower a more equitable and efficient health ecosystem, a mission that deeply aligns with The AI Assembly's™ goal to educate our community on practical AI application.
Nichola’s professional experience offers a powerful perspective to the panel, demonstrating how to merge scientific rigor with entrepreneurial agility. She empowers our community by providing insights on the strategies she used to enable a successful transition from the lab bench to the C-suite, highlighting the value of technical creativity and research methodology in leading AI development.
Her discussion will educate professionals on how to apply technical discipline to solve real-world problems. Nichola's commitment to translating advanced research into meaningful commercial innovation directly supports The AI Assembly's mission to inform and foster impactful leaders.