Gianluca Fontana, CEO & Co-Founder of Prova Health
Today we’re joined by Gianluca Fontana, CEO and Co-Founder of Prova Health—the London-based advisory firm helping digital health and life sciences innovators prove their value with rock-solid clinical and economic evidence. With a background as a McKinsey consultant and Deputy Director at Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation, Gianluca has led billion-pound research programs like the NHS Digital Academy and the REACT COVID-19 study. His published work on digital health evaluation has been cited hundreds of times, and through Prova Health he now works with global pharma and AI-medtech scale-ups to accelerate evidence generation and build lasting capabilities. Fluent in four languages and trained in both economics and marketing at Bocconi University, Gianluca brings a rare mix of scientific rigor and commercial insight—making him an invaluable voice in the race to deliver safer, smarter healthcare at scale.
Gianluca Fontana
CEO
Gianluca Fontana is the CEO and Co-Founder of Prova Health, the London-based advisory firm accelerating digital-health and life-sciences innovation with rock-solid clinical and economic evidence. A former McKinsey consultant and Deputy Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, Gianluca has steered billion-pound research programs—from the NHS Digital Academy to the 2-million-participant REACT COVID-19 study—always translating data into real-world health impact. His peer-reviewed work on digital-health evaluation is cited 260 times, and his team now partners with global pharma and AI-medtech scale-ups to shave months off evidence generation while building the in-house skills clients need to sustain growth. Fluent in four languages and armed with dual economics and marketing degrees from Bocconi University, Gianluca sits at the rare intersection of rigorous science and commercial savvy—making him the perfect guide for innovators racing to deliver safer, smarter care at scale.