MARIA BORELIUS is an award-winning Swedish science journalist and author of several popular science books on medicine and health. She is a columnist and founder of the Ester Foundation, which supports marginalised immigrant women to start businesses. She also works as a communications advisor to scientific institutions, pharmaceutical and tech companies globally. Maria has previously held the post of Minister of Commerce in Sweden and CEO of the Global Microfinance Organization Hand in Hand International. She has a degree in biology, physics and mathematics and a master's degree in science journalism. She has lived in the UK for the past seventeen years.