Meet the Team
- Dr Jane TownsonChair of the Board of DirectorsDr Jane Townson, CEO, United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA). Jane is an award-winning CEO, Chairman and leader of a range of businesses in regulated industries from social and health care to housing, and from food production to medical screening, that meet some of the most fundamental human needs. She has extensive experience in the not-for-profit and for-profit social care, health and housing sectors, including homecare, housing with care, supported living, care homes, training, and the NHS. Formerly CEO Somerset Care Group; Chairman YourLife (JV with McCarthy & Stone); and Vice Chairman UKHCA. Jane’s first career was in international leadership roles in research and development in ICI, AstraZeneca and Syngenta, where she was Global Head of Bioscience Research. She then established her own business providing consultancy and training on the link between lifestyle factors and health, working with private individuals and local authorities in the field of public health.
- Dr Amer Fasihi PhDCEO (Chief Executive Officer)LondonAmer worked in strategy, sales, and marketing at a number of major organisations gaining experience in building knowledge services, use and applications of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics (e.g. Watson). He then founded a digital health monitoring service (Caros Connect), which is now part of Kraydel. He is a Fellow of Cambridge Digital Innovation, at University of Cambridge.
- Mike DaveyChief Financial OfficerMike has worked in senior finance, sales & procurement roles at several major organisations including Lloyds TSB, Prudential, AXA Insurance and AXA PPP. He has acted as CFO for several organisations at the start up and growth stage. Mike is a Chartered Account who trained with Ernst & Young.
- David McClearyChief Technology OfficerBelfastDavid is a passionate technology leader with a proven track record of delivering commercial software and AI solutions in Healthcare. Before joining Kraydel, David lead the software development division of PathXL, a spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast. During this time David grew the team from a single person to a team of 36, delivered a deep learning application to detect and quantify cancer in tissue samples and helped lead PathXL through a successful acquisition by Royal Philips.
- Rupinder SinghCSO (Chief Strategy Officer)LondonRupinder has worked in a variety of senior roles for organisations including Arthur Andersen, RCI and NHSI on a range of advisory, strategic and commercial roles. Before joining Kraydel, his most recent appointment by NHSE was as independent SRO across three hospital trusts to develop a new clinical blueprint. He is a long standing Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.
- Paul MoorheadCRO (Chief Research Officer)BelfastPaul has worked in tech for over 30 years at large companies such as BT and Intel, and numerous start-ups. Paul is a Fellow of the IET, a Chartered Engineer and Vice Chair of the Engineering Policy Group for Northern Ireland.
- Svenja GrundmannBoard ObserverSvenja joined Hambro Perks in 2019 to focus on the German and Nordic regions as well as MedTech in particular. Prior to her recent appointment, Svenja worked as part of the Equity Capital Markets team at Morgan Stanley, where she covered German-speaking Europe. Here she worked on numerous equity transactions for tech clients in particular, incl. Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, and Scout24. Previous to this, Svenja worked on EY’s Transaction Advisory Services team and gained start-up experience at an early-stage venture in London, as well as Rocket Internet in Berlin. Svenja holds a master’s degree in International Business from The University of St Andrews and a dual study bachelor’s degree in Financial Management which she did in cooperation with ExxonMobil.
- Keith GibbsBoard MemberKeith was CEO of AXA PPP Healthcare for 17 years up until his retirement at the end of 2018, and Non- Executive Chairman of AXA Global Healthcare between January 2017 and February 2020. Prior to this, he held senior positions at some of the world’s leading financial organisations including Citibank and Lloyds TSB. He is now an active Non-Executive Director in the healthcare sector.
- Lyndsey ParsonsLead Software ArchitectBelfastLyndsey is Software Architect at Kraydel with over 18 years of professional experience in the tech industry, predominantly within the telecoms sector and most recently in the field of IoT. Lyndsey thrives on problem-solving, sorting through the hype and creating real value through technology solutions.
- Caragh SlevinOperations ManagerBelfastCaragh joined Kraydel in March 2020 after nearly 20 years with Neilsen in the UK and Switzerland. Having obtained a degree in Business and Marketing, Caragh’s operation experience covers an extensive range of research, support transformation and service delivery roles.
- Sandeep SharmaQuality ManagerBelfastSandeep is a Performance Analyst, Non Functional Testing (NFT/NFR) Engineer and AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) with expertise on architecting and deploying reliable, secure, cost effective and performance efficient services on AWS. His experience includes Devops with continuous integration, test automation and continuous deployment as well as hands on experience on NFR testing for a wide variety of systems from Telco grade, On-premises enterprise-class systems, cloud based enterprise-class systems and AWS IoT solutions.
- Louise McallisterField Operations EngineerBelfastLouise has worked in medical engineering for 3 years, working with clients, developing the products and working with ISO certifications. Through personal circumstances she has a knowledge of home care and the difficulties that older adults face when relying on this home help. At Kraydel she is a Field Operations Engineer working with older adults, and their support network to keep them connected to their loved ones and carers using Kraydel Konnect.
- Lauren LundholmUX DesignerI’m a service oriented digital designer, passionate about deconstructing complex challenges into seamless user experiences. Graduating with a broad design background from the Design Academy Eindhoven, NL, I exchanged to ArtCenter College of Design, CA, USA to specialise my skills in digital service, user experience and interaction design. I'm drawn to digital services that create a big impact, and my previous experience includes collaborating on public facing projects in partnership with the Municipality of Haarlem, NL, and the Long Beach Police Department, USA. I'm delighted to be supporting Kraydel's mission during this exciting period of transformation and look forward to applying my user-centric design training to anticipate and support user needs.
- Chris StanfieldSenior Quality Assurance EngineerChris is a QA professional with 20 plus years industry experience. Skilled in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Requirements Analysis, Automation, Test Planning, and Agile Methodologies. A Quality Assurance engineer with a demonstrated history of working on Cloud based enterprise level systems. Most recently before joining Kraydel, Chris worked in the eCommerce field where he spent the last number of years working on the Oracle CX Commerce Cloud service. Prior to that Chris worked for companies in the Fintech sector in the areas of card payments and financial crime compliance.
- Richard PearceQuality Assurance LeadBelfastRichard served with the British Army in a number of operational roles before gaining an MBA (Cranfield). Leadership and management roles followed delivering services in a number of sectors. Most recently he has consulted to dental practice owners to achieve profitable practice growth including advising on a number of acquisitions. He is passionate about service delivery and enhancing the end user experience.
- John FisherDeployment EngineerJohn has wide ranging experience as a project leader within the Military, Sustainable Development, and Standards Verification. He has most recently been focusing on the development of systems and the implementation of training with in the QHSE sectors. He is passionate about developing productive relationships that enable continuous improvement for all stakeholders.
- Jason EgertonDeployment EngineerJason is one of our field deployment engineers with 23 years experience installing and servicing telecommunications and office equipment. More recently he has specialised in the installation of CCTV, door entry systems, copper and fibre cable networks across a range of industries. He enjoys introducing customers to Kraydel Konnect, making it fun and very easy to understand.
- Mark NeillField Operations EngineerBelfastMark worked for the Ministry of Defence for 23 years as an ICT Technician. His role for the last several years was in the video conferencing sector managing the Networks VTC connectivity for the government, Cabinet Office, MOD and their military operations around the globe under the Defence Crisis Management Organisation umbrella. At Kraydel he is a Field Operations Engineer engaging with the older adults, their loved ones & carer groups offering guidance and support endeavouring to keep them connected via the Kraydel Konnect.
- Omar AliDeployment EngineerOriginally from a Marketing Management background, Omar has extensive experience in the management of commercial and residential field engineer operations. Having worked on a number of contracts for Samsung, Sony, LG and Panasonic Omar joins Kraydel as an experienced Deployment Engineer.
- Antonio ChirizziPrincipal EngineerBelfastExperienced Principal Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the mechanical, industrial and Financial engineering industry. Skilled in Agile Methodologies, Java, JEE, C++, C, SQL, Software Design, Javascript, CSS3, HTML and compilers. Strong engineering professional with a Master's degree focused in Computer Software Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.