Suzanne Wait

‘Improving population health is central to the fabric of our society and requires all sectors to work together, with clear leadership from governments. The Health Policy Partnership is a facilitator in this process, an honest broker in bringing different voices together to drive meaningful change that will improve people’s health.’

 

Suzanne co-founded The Health Policy Partnership in 2014. In a health policy career spanning more than 25 years, she has helped create and run multi-stakeholder initiatives on numerous strategic health topics and has acquired unique expertise in bringing different sectors together to address strategic health challenges.

Through her work, Suzanne has become a recognised thought leader on many salient health policy topics and is regularly invited to moderate and contribute to conferences and policy events. She is fascinated by how the health systems of tomorrow can marry the goals of improving population health, improving environmental sustainability and enhancing person-centred care.

Suzanne’s career has spanned multiple sectors, including several years in the non-profit sector. Since 2022, Suzanne has been a Health Executive in Residence and Visiting Lecturer at the University College London Global Business School for Health, where she teaches Health Policy and Practice on the MBA programme and has contributed to student mentoring and teaching on other Master’s programmes.

Suzanne has a BSc from McGill University, a Master of Public Health from Columbia University and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Strasbourg.

Originally from Canada, she is fluent in English, French and Italian, and has a good working knowledge of Spanish and German.