Anica Alvarez Nishio
Board Work
Anica specialises in values-led innovation
within highly regulated
multi-stakeholder organisations.

She has served as Chair, Vice Chair and Member of organisations across health, technology, academia, the penal system and veterans’ affairs.
Current roles include Vice Chair of NICE’s Quality Standards Advisory Committee, membership of NIHR’s Programme Grants for Applied Research, research projects at the Universities of Oxford and Kent,
Thames Valley Police's
Ethics Think Tank
and sitting as a NED
for an advisory body to the
UK Ministry of Defence.
She previously has held roles with
Health Education England, the Independent Monitoring Board of HMP Erlestoke and the
British Research Council Partnership for
Health, Wealth and Innovation.
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She has particular expertise in technology risk, especially in clarifying this for non-technologists.
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• Values-led innovation
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• Effective and ethical
deployment of technology
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• Risk management within
multi-stakeholder organisations
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'Anica has remarkable expertise in advising on governance both in the voluntary sector and in her professional world ... [she] has made a genuine difference and is highly regarded at the highest levels of VAPC and by
many influential civil servants.'
-- Chair, VAPC SW
'I am very proud of what we are achieving ... You have brought it to life'
-- Director, NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research
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Photo: Stacey Mutkin