Ansa Wasim is a Senior Manager Global Innovation and Investment Incentives (part of Tax and Legal) at Deloitte Netherlands. Ansa has a PhD in molecular biology and has more than 10 years of working experience with different finance opportunities (public/private), both on national and European level. She has a strategic and analytical mindset, connecting relevant stakeholders (industry, government and academia) to develop successful innovative projects in the Life Science and AgriFood sector. In addition, she has supported multiple innovative companies (SMEs) in different areas such as business model development, market/investor readiness, market development and or ecosystem development. In her current role as senior manager, she support various clients in these sectors in the development of innovative projects and subsequently attracting finance (e.g. grants) to enable the implementation.