Natasha is a seasoned communicator and corporate strategist with deep expertise working with high-growth tech startups. She scaled corporate affairs strategy and capability for fintech Funding Circle, from startup through IPO and as a public company. As part of this, she built legitimacy for a new model of lending, working with Whitehall and Brussels to shape broader small business lending and fintech public policy, while also sitting on industry boards including Innovate Finance, UK Finance, and the CBI’s Financial Services Council. After leaving Funding Circle, she established her own advisory firm, providing strategic counsel to Index Ventures and its portfolio companies and advising a range of startups across health, climate, and energy. She holds an MBA from Warwick Business School. 

Rachel has a proven track record of helping companies through times of change or challenge, especially in sectors that are rapidly evolving or highly scrutinised. She has worked both in house and at leading agency, Portland. Throughout her career she has specialised in health, tech, education and infrastructure, working with the likes of Pfizer, BenevolentAI, Index Ventures, Teach First, Jacobs and Heathrow. Most recently, Rachel was Global Communications Director for Kry, Europe’s largest health tech startup, helping to protect and promote the company’s brand across 5 markets, and with consumers, healthcare professionals, and major organisations such as the National Health Service. Rachel recently completed the London School of Economics course in Corporate Sustainability.