Babylon hires exec to handle worldwide progress and extra digital well being hires

Babylon introduced Thursday the digital well being agency had employed Andrew Hine as vice chairman of the go-to-market group for Asia, Europe, the Center East and Africa.

The corporate stated he’ll handle Babylon’s contracts and partnerships and work to extend its choices and providers in these areas. Hine joins Babylon from Ernst & Younger, the place he was head of well being for the Center East and North Africa. He’d beforehand labored at KPMG and the NHS, the place he served as an NHS operational supervisor and belief board director.

“I’ve been lucky to work on the frontline of healthcare supply and inside completely different well being programs in numerous international locations. These experiences have offered me with a profound understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of present healthcare supply fashions around the globe, the issues that have to be addressed and the potential for brand new care fashions, processes and applied sciences to dramatically enhance the standard, accessibility and prices of care,” Hine stated in a press release.

Babylon went public in 2021. The corporate reported income progress pushed by its value-based care section throughout the second quarter this yr but additionally posted a $157.1 million loss. Final week, Babylon stated its shareholders had permitted a reverse share cut up geared toward stopping the corporate from being delisted from the New York Inventory Change. Its shares had been promoting for under $1.00 for greater than 30 days.

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Healthcare information analytics platform Komodo Well being has appointed Lauren Stahl as vice chairman and head of gross sales.

Stahl has labored at Komodo for greater than three years, most not too long ago as vice chairman of healthcare gross sales. They’ve additionally served as head of buyer success at Datavant and had been founder and CEO of Sparkite, which targeted on substance use dysfunction therapy.

“Lauren has demonstrated an distinctive observe report of deepening buyer relationships and unlocking new market and buyer gross sales channels,” Dr. Aswin Chandrakantan, chief working officer at Komodo Well being, stated in a press release. “As Komodo continues to put money into its end-to-end expertise platform, having Lauren on the helm of our gross sales groups will solely additional speed up our efforts to place Komodo’s best-in-class expertise platform and patient-centric insights within the palms of organizations throughout life sciences, payers, authorities entities and extra.”

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Woebot Well being, maker of a psychological well being chatbot, has named Brad Gescheider its chief industrial officer. 

Most not too long ago, Gescheider served as international head of digital innovation and affected person providers for Sanofi’s immunology enterprise. He is additionally labored at Fixed Remedy Well being, GE Healthcare, McKesson and PatientsLikeMe.

“Brad’s understanding of the dynamics that form in the present day’s affected person expertise and his versatile background throughout a variety of healthcare environments will likely be a serious asset as we glance to make psychological well being instruments and digital therapeutics accessible to anybody who wants them,” Woebot CEO Michael Evers stated in a press release. “As we increase and activate our strategic partnerships, Brad brings an ideal mixture of compassion and expertise at this pivotal second in our improvement.”

Woebot has been constructing its management group this yr. It not too long ago employed a chief monetary officer and a vice chairman of regulatory science and technique.

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Residence diagnostics firm Cue Well being appointed Suzanne Stone as its chief industrial officer.

The corporate stated Stone will lead Cue’s international industrial technique and construct gross sales and buyer success groups. She beforehand labored as senior vice chairman of U.S. income at Dexcom. 

“Suzanne is a well-established industrial chief with intensive healthcare expertise and a formidable observe report of constructing nice groups,” Ayub Khattak, chairman and CEO of Cue Well being, stated in a press release. “We sit up for accelerating our progress in our key buyer classes and strengthening our place as a number one healthcare expertise firm by delivering a seamless and constant model expertise beneath Suzanne’s succesful management.”

Cue, greatest recognized for its at-home molecular COVID-19 check, additionally went public in 2021. The corporate plans to increase the variety of exams appropriate with its Cue Reader. Like numerous different digital well being and well being tech firms up to now this yr, Cue not too long ago introduced layoffs.