Appointments
Dr Nicholas Cummins, a world-leading academic and lecturer in AI for speech analysis at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, is stepping into the start-up world and taking up an additional role as chief science officer at healthtech Thymia. Co-founded by neuroscientist Emilia Molimpakis and theoretical physicist Stefano Goria, Thymia [...]
This month's acquisition of health tech firm Ripple by relaxation app Calm has seen Ripple's CEO David Ko appointed Calm's co-CEO. Ko will share the CEO berth with Michael Acton Smith, co-founder of Calm. Ripple is focused on finding "the most impactful ways to bring physical, mental, and social help to every person". It recently [...]
Proximie, the global health tech platform digitising operating rooms around the world, has appointed a new GM for the Americas, and a chief growth officer, amid ongoing expansion. Charlie H. Wilhelm joins as GM for the Americas, bringing vast industry experience and expertise. Most recently, he was the president and COO of KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America - [...]
HN, a health tech company that provides AI-guided case-finding, remote monitoring, clinical coaching and virtual ward solutions to the NHS has bolstered its specialist advisory board with the addition of two new members. Heather Cook, one of the UK’s leading digital health innovation and scale-up experts, has joined HN, along with Robert Harris, an experienced [...]
Jessica Holmquist has been appointed CFO of international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra. Jessica Holmquist holds a Masters in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics, with a major in accounting and finance and will bring extensive experience from companies with international operations. Holmquist will join Sectra from her role as Business [...]
Oscar Health, a health insurance company built on a full-stack technology platform, has hired Ranmali Bopitiya as its new chief legal officer. Ranmali will serve on Oscar’s leadership team and will report to chief executive officer and co-founder, Mario Schlosser. Mario Schlosser, CEO and co-founder at Oscar said: “Having spent close to two decades in [...]
Dr Teresa Dolan has joined digital dental care company Overjet as chief dental officer. Previously, she served as clinical officer at dental products and technologies manufacturer Dentsply Sirona, for more than eight years. With more than 35 years of experience in dentistry and clinical education, Dr Dolan’s expertise spans clinical dental practice and research. She [...]
Clinical solutions provider Tendable has created a new executive team dedicated to the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) marketplace. The top three executives leading the team are Eric van der Sluis, Paul Woodward and Bree Wyatt who have many years of experience in supporting healthcare organisations with corporate quality and safety programmes. Tim Bolot, founder [...]
Digital therapeutics company Kaia Health has appointed Nigel Ohrenstein, healthcare entrepreneur and Lumeris co-founder, as president. The company delivers musculoskeletal (MSK) care using computer vision technology through the camera of a smartphone, anytime, anywhere. Ohrenstein brings more than 20 years of experience dedicated to transforming the healthcare system by delivering solutions that reduce the cost [...]
The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) has named Eleanor Charsley as its new director of government affairs. The move will see her lead the Association’s interactions with parliamentarians and governments across the UK, alongside continuing the coordination of ABHI’s work into the industry’s formal engagement platforms. Including the secretary of state-led Life Sciences Council, [...]
