Jane Ollis

Founder

SONA

Speaker Biography

Jane Ollis is a medical biochemist and environmental scientist who founded MindSpire (now SONA) in 2019 to develop bioelectronic wearables that stimulate the vagus nerve to reduce chronic stress and enhance wellbeing. As both founder and speaker, she shares insights into how our brains work and how to harness stress to step up to life’s challenges whilst preventing the chronic stress that makes us sick. In 2025, the company raised £850,000 in pre-seed funding, led by SFC Capital with participation from SyndicateRoom and Innovate UK’s Investor Partnership Programme.

Jane interned at NASA and is an alumni of Sydney’s social leadership programme and a business fellow of Oxford University. She serves as a Non-Executive Director in the healthcare and renewable energy sectors, sitting on and advising boards of global companies, charities and government bodies. Jane is a mother of three nearly grown children and a new grandmother.

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