Our team
Handpicked for excellence, the team at Sonoa Health® is dedicated to a healthier future
Leadership
Dedicated to nurturing the leaders of tomorrow
Our leadership team is energetic, resourceful, and above all, entrepreneurial. They are brave thinkers, dedicated to empowering everyone in the business to find their voice, and contribute equally.
Charles Roderick Curwen AO
CHAIRMANCVO, OBE, HonLLD, FIPA
Professor Gab Kovacs AM
MEDICAL DIRECTORMBBS (HONS), MD, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, CREI, FAICD, Cert. Mgt.
Bob Biddle
FOUNDER & CEOMBA (Melb), FAIDH, FAICD, FAHRI, AFACHSM
Randal Williams
LEGAL & COMPLIANCELLB (Adelaide), BCom, BA (Melb), Diploma of Finance, Banking, Corporate and Securities Law.
Dr Piraveen Pirakalathanan
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERMBBS, FRCAMA, MPH, MBA, BMedSc, PGDip(Anatomy), GAICD
Rebecca Chu
INVESTMENTS & STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPSMBA (PKU), BEc
Tom Palmieri
FINANCE & ACCOUNTINGCPA BCom (Accounting & Finance)
Jody Biddle
TECHNOLOGYMBA (Melb), BSc (Computing)
Richard Bailey
CREATIVE
Anna Gilbert
MARKETINGBBus (Marketing), BA (Communications & Media Studies)
Medical Advisory Board
Our platform and content have been produced with the support of an eminent foundational Medical Advisory Board.
Each professor has received an Order of Australia for their contribution to medicine and is a recognised leader both locally and internationally. Sonoa Health® is committed to bringing their invaluable knowledge to everyone.
Professor Leon Piterman AM
CHAIRMAN MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDMBBS (HONS), MD, MMed, MEdSt, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FRACGP
Professor John Murtagh AO
MEMBER MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDBSc, BEd, MBBS, MD, FRACGP, DipObst (RCOG)
Professor Hatem Salem AM
MEMBER MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDMD, FRACP, FRCPA
Professor Ian Meredith AM
MEMBER MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDBSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ, FAHA, FSCAI, FAPSIC
Professor Geoffrey Metz AM
MEMBER MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDMBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP, FRCP (UK)
Professor Henry Burger AO
MEMBER MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDFAA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FCP (SA), FRCOG, FRANZCOG, Hon.Doct (Liege, Belgium), LL.D (h.c. Monash)
About Sonoa Health®
Sonoa Health® is an Australian-owned company that specialises in finding innovative digital solutions that will improve:
- Productivity
- Cost-efficiency
- Accessibility
- Quality of care
- Population health
Over the past ten years, Sonoa Health® has established world-class research and development capabilities in health promotion and disease prevention, with an Australian-based multidisciplinary team of 100+ professionals including doctors, scientists, content creators, engineers, and quality assurance specialists. All backed by some of Australia’s most-eminent doctors, who serve on its Medical Advisory Board.
The team confirmed early on that only digital could satisfy the needs of all stakeholders (consumers, providers, business and government) by interconnecting each group’s interests with the protective power of prevention, participation, personalisation and sound population health management.
Success meant finding new ways to collect and analyse data, personalise information, automate preventive care, improve health literacy and activate engagement.
Departments
Medical
Medical content
Creative
Information Technology
Quality/Regulatory Affairs and Legal
Medical
Medical
Our medical team includes highly qualified doctors who work in close partnership with respected professors on our Medical Advisory Board. They rigorously check and verify all health content, network with industry peers, research widely, and provide strategic input across all tiers of the business.
Medical content
Medical content
Our medical content team is responsible for coordinating the production of in-depth general health information and individualised medical reports, which are easy-to-understand and engaging. The team includes researchers, scientists, health professionals, and PhD graduates with broad experience in research, analysis, writing, and digital integration.
Creative
Creative
Our Creative team boasts a talented line up of scriptwriters, animators, and illustrators from leading film, television, and creative institutions. They translate complex medical information into short and engaging stories and colourful, appealing imagery using our own cast of 25 unique characters. These stories are redefining the way people understand and engage with health information.
Information Technology
Information Technology
Our IT team is tasked with linking the gap between IT and the most complex problems in human health. Our highly talented IT team is unique in its commitment to have doctors leading digital experts – rather than the other way around – which has allowed them to achieve the highest levels of medical reasoning and analysis in the algorithms and interface they are building.
Quality/Regulatory Affairs and Legal
Quality/Regulatory Affairs and Legal
Our quality/regulatory and legal team includes highly trained lawyers and quality/regulatory professionals. They have a solid understanding of domestic and international legislation to establish the highest levels of patient privacy and to ensure that all health information is credible and medically accurate. They are committed to obtaining and maintaining accreditation and certification from the most reputable local and international bodies.
Education Advisory Board
Our platform and medically verified content are promoted to primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions throughout Australia and internationally with the support of an eminent Education Advisory Board.
Each member has contributed directly to academic excellence and is a recognised leader both locally and internationally. Sonoa Health is committed to bringing their invaluable knowledge to everyone.
Professor Charles Qin
