Louise has over 17 years of experience working in scientific roles across the Civil Service and joined the MHRA in October 2023. The innovation accelerator and regulatory science team provides innovators enhanced access to MHRA scientific expertise and regulatory guidance, bringing together the work of the Innovation Office, horizon scanning functions as well as leading on the delivery of the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) and the Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP).

She was previously the head of research capacity and growth at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and part of the leadership team for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), providing the strategic leadership and oversight of the NIHR translational research infrastructure and NIHR Clinical Research Network as well as leading work to deliver on the ambitions set out in the UK Vision for Clinical Research Delivery. Prior to her role in DHSC she was a foresight researcher at the Government Office for Science and led a number of research programmes for the Food Standards Agency.