Projects
Consultancy
Present
Managing Partner of Acuvera (acuvera.ch), a boutique consultancy focused on improving healthcare operations — partnering with hospitals and healthcare organisations on strategy, governance, clinical operations and the future of care.
Managing Partner
Innovation
2021 — 2025
Founded and led the Mediclinic Group's radical innovation hub in Zug, Switzerland — a dedicated unit exploring new models of care, emerging technologies and the long-horizon shape of the hospital of the future. This was later joined by a secondary hub in Barcelona, Spain, for a presence within the EU.
Founder · Group Chief Innovation Officer
Strategy
2019 — present
Spearheading innovation across the multinational healthcare services provider — connecting clinical practice, health technology assessment and corporate strategy across Switzerland, Southern Africa and the UAE.
Group Chief Innovation Officer
Academia
Co-founder
Co-founder of the Centre of Excellence in Emergency Medicine in Bern, Switzerland — supporting clinical excellence, research and training in the discipline.
Co-founder
Education
2011 – 2016
Programme lead and co-ordinator for the University of Cape Town's postgraduate programmes in Emergency Medicine, while serving as Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine.
Programme Lead · Assistant Professor
Governance
2016 – 2019
Led group-level clinical governance and HTA work at Mediclinic — a foundation for the subsequent move into innovation leadership.
Mediclinic Group
Speaking
2016 — present
Invited speaker at multiple international conferences and workshops on topics within the space of optimising healthcare operations, healthcare in the future, integrating AI into clinical operations and preparedness and resilience in healthcare.
Keynote speaker