Hanadi was the driving force behind the creation of Accelerate Cambridge, which contributed to the Cambridge entrepreneurial cluster by providing help and support to innovators and entrepreneurs. To-date, she has supported the creation and scale-up of over 180 early stage ventures, building a portfolio of an estimated collective value of £1.5bn and over £300m of risk capital raised.

Hanadi was previously the managing director of CMS Ventures, an early-stage investor based in Cambridge investing in Biotech & Life Sciences start-ups in the UK. In September 2021 she was appointed to the Innovate UK innovation loans Credit Committee as an external member.

Most recently she has become the Managing Partner for Sana Capital, an investment fund which aims to drive innovation that can heal the world, demystifying deep tech at scale to drive positive change. Born in Lebanon and raised in France, she is fluent in English, French and Arabic and speaks another four languages. She lives in Cambridge with her four children.