Meet the team

Frank Cheng

Chief Executive Officer

Led multiple digital health companies during last twenty years. Held executive positions with publicly traded companies (GE, Roche, Hillrom, Stereotaxis) and led two venture-backed companies as CEO.  Most recently President & CCO of diagnostic company with autonomous AI technology that was FDA-cleared, Medicare-reimbursed, supported by a new Category 1 CPT code, and adopted around the world.

Prof. Charalambos Antoniades

Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

MD PhD FESC Pioneered the research on the relationship between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system, with specific interest in non-invasive imaging of inflammation. This knowledge has been applied in a variety of diseases, ranging from cardiovascular disease to COVID-19. Deputy Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford, and Chair of the British Atherosclerosis Society.

Prof. Keith Channon

Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer

Clinical interventional cardiologist and highly experienced research leader in cardiometabolic disease and risk. Professor at the University of Oxford, with expertise in healthcare innovations in the NHS through NIHR and Director of Academic Health Science Centre.

Prof. Stefan Neubauer

Co-founder & Chief Translational Officer

MD FRCP FACC FMedSci FSCMR Devoted his work to the development and application of novel imaging techniques in MRI and spectroscopy, and most recently in coronary CT. Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR) at the University of Oxford and Past President of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR).

Dr. Cheerag Shirodaria

Co-founder and Chief Development Officer

MBBS MD MBA FRCP Has been involved in cardiovascular research for more than 25 years. Was General Manager for Medical Devices & Diagnostics and Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area Head at Covance. Is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Pete Tomlins, Ph.D

Head of Innovation & Research

PhD, CPhys Chartered Physicist with over 20 years’ research experience in National Labs, academia, and university spin-out. Pete has led technology research programmes, run a data science consultancy, and built prototype medical imaging systems from the ground up. He is passionate about improving health outcomes with data and AI.

Matt Kelly, Ph.D

Head of IP & Clinical Strategy

Ph.D with a passion for delivering innovative technology to improve clinical outcomes. Experienced leader with over 20 years’ experience across the full product lifecycle, translating inspiration into regulatory-cleared medical devices and generating the clinical evidence and IP protection necessary for commercial success.

Rebecca Hitchen

Head of Commercialization, Europe

With over 15 years of dedicated experience in the medical devices industry, specialising in the field of cardiology, Rebecca has been at the forefront of cardiovascular technology innovation and has developed her expertise within organisations such as Abbott, St. Jude, and Bard. Her journey led her to a senior role within a dynamic start-up, where her efforts resulted in achieving NHS and European acceptance for innovative healthcare solutions.

Tamsin Crane

General Counsel

PhD Corporate and commercial solicitor with extensive experience advising emerging and established companies on commercial contracts, protection of intellectual property rights, regulatory and corporate governance matters, strategic relationships and financings

James Davis

Head of Quality and Regulatory

Over 20 years experience working with medical devices at large multinational companies as well as startup and SMEs. Responsible for regulatory compliance and quality management, has set up a combined management system compliant to ISO 9001, 13485 and 27001 requirements.

Nigar Syed

Head of Image Analysis

BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography. In excess of 10 years of experience as a Radiographer across multiple imaging modalities including PET-CT, Nuclear Medicine, and CT. Substantial experience in managing and co-ordinating multiple imaging trials at the cutting edge of healthcare innovations at the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Yogesh Sohan

Project & Operations Manager

BE, MBA with over 17 years of experience in Project Management, Operation Management and Information Technology. Has experience in the healthcare sector on embedded technology, medical imaging and software only devices at start-ups as well as multinational organisations.