Dora is Director of Strategic Regional Innovations at EIT Health and as such she works with all eight EIT Communities and explores strategic pan-European alliances to support innovation in Emerging Europe & Western-Balkans to help innovative solutions reach the market and European citizens fast.  She leads EIT Jumpstarter, the award-winning pre-accelerator programme of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)  for European innovators with social impact business ideas.  

Dora is passionate about social impact ventures and women entrepreneurship; and having a strong background in strategic planning and donor financing, she mentors early-stage healthcare start-ups helping them finding their best-fitting business model, introduce them to potential customers, partners and investors.