About us
At Sanome, we believe healthcare can and should be better.
Today’s healthcare systems are reactive and overburdened, placing both patients and providers at risk. The path forward lies in prevention—detecting health changes at the earliest possible stage.
This is why we are developing the Human Digital Twin, a solution designed to predict emerging risks in patients. By integrating and analysing existing data, we generate actionable clinical insights to support faster, more informed decision-making, all within the framework of a regulated AI-as-a-Medical Device (AIaMD).
The impact is clear: earlier interventions lead to improved patient outcomes, enhanced efficiency, and greater sustainability for healthcare providers.
This is the future of healthcare.
Meet our team

Benedikt Thüngen
Founder & CEO
Benedikt is Founder & CEO at Sanome. His lifelong vision is to build a Human Digital Twin that supports clinical teams to understand health changes earlier and better. He has a deep background in biosciences, venture tech and extensive experience scaling ventures across areas such as AI, enterprise software, and healthcare. Benedikt brings a unique combination of visionary thinking, high energy and practical implementation.
Outside of Sanome, Benedikt is a guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge, a mentor at the Royal Society of Engineering and an avid kite surfer.

Paul Aykroyd
Co-Founder & COO
Paul is the Co-founder and COO of Sanome, bringing decades of experience in building and scaling technical organisations across industries. Prior to Sanome, Paul served as VP of Engineering and Operations at Speechmatics, where he worked alongside Benedikt. During his tenure, he successfully scaled the team from 8 AI researchers to over 120 staff across multiple geographies, driving operational excellence and fostering innovation.
At Sanome, Paul applies his extensive expertise to execute the company’s mission, leveraging his deep understanding of organisational growth and technical leadership.
Beyond his role at Sanome, Paul is committed to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs, mentoring tech founders on building high-performing teams and preparing organisations for rapid scaling. In his personal time, Paul is an avid cook and a passionate enthusiast of board sports.

Nitagauri Shah
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Lead
Nitagauri joined as QARA Lead having worked in quality assurance and regulatory affairs of medical devices, for over 20 years. Having started out in IVD and hardware medical devices, she has spent the last 5 years focussed on Software as a Medical Device. She has worked with the NHS, Pharma, innovative tech companies and is thrilled to be on the Sanome journey.
Outside of Sanome, her interests include long walks with her dog, travel, and music.

Dr Andrew Creagh
AI/ML Lead
Andrew leads the AI/ML team at Sanome, bringing a decade of experience in AI and digital health across industry and academia. His work has focused on remote patient monitoring, developing personalised clinical decision support systems and digital biomarkers to predict health outcomes in neurological conditions.
Andrew holds a D.Phil. (PhD) in Clinical Machine Learning from the University of Oxford and degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a Junior Research Fellow at St Cross College, Oxford, and remains a Visiting Researcher at Oxford.
In addition to his research, Andrew has taught multiple undergraduate and postgraduate courses in digital health, wearables, and machine learning. His industry experience spans major pharmaceutical companies, including GSK and Roche, as well as medical device regulatory work with the HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority).

Roxanne Stevenson-Brown
Market Access Lead
Roxanne leads the Market Access team at Sanome, having previously worked across the NHS and private sector in senior operational roles in cancer, neurosciences, and technology. She is a graduate of the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS).
Roxanne completed the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson MSc Healthcare Leadership, and also holds an MSc China & Globalisation, and BSc Political Economy.

Eddie Pease
Engineering and Information Governance Lead
Eddie is Engineering & Information Governance Lead at Sanome, responsible for EHR integrations and ensuring compliance with relevant data standards. Eddie has a BSc in Physics from Oxford and has 7 years of experience working as a data engineer in highly regulated industries (pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, finance).
In healthcare, he was the technical co-founder of a senior memory screening service, bridging the gap between research and practice by applying advanced data analytics to predict the probability of success of late-stage trials.

Tiia Meuronen
Clinical Product Lead
With a background in digital product development and experience spanning healthcare innovation and human-centred design, Tiia is passionate about transforming complex challenges into actionable insights that improve patient care as the Clinical Product Lead at Sanome.
Tiia's background is in user research and usability in medical devices and AI, complemented by an MSc in Human-Computer Interaction. She specialises in usability engineering, ensuring products are intuitive and user-centred, fostering adoption by clinical teams.

Anastassia Rowe
Associate
Anastassia, a bioengineer by background, is part of Sanome's commercial team, ensuring their innovations drive real economic impact in healthcare. She focuses on generating real-world evidence of clinical utility and effectiveness, guaranteeing that every product we design is safe and truly personalised and preventative.
Additionally, she is driven by Sanome's mission, dedicating herself to developing technologies that will help provide truly personalised and preventative healthcare.

Richard Silk
Data Engineer
Richard is a full-stack engineer with ten years' experience in software, end-to-end backend development, and IoT engineering. He brings a particular expertise around cybersecurity, data integrity, and hosting.
He previously developed a coding club for kids in partnership with Cambridge University and Raspberry Pi. Before joining Sanome, he worked in the fintech space and contributed to open-source dev tooling.

Andy Sullivan
Fractional CFO
Andy is a seasoned accountant, specialising in providing fractional CFO services for growing businesses. He has a background in corporate finance and investment banking, helping scale-ups achieve financial success and operational stability.
Away from business, Andy spends time with his three young children, and mini-dachshund, Stanley!

Waquid Valiya Peedikakkal
Principle Software Engineer
Waquid is a Principal Software Engineer specialising in DevOps and cloud infrastructure. He has helped multiple companies scale by implementing reliable, high-availability solutions.
He focuses on automation, reliability, and developer experience, ensuring teams can build, deploy, and iterate quickly.

Jonathan Carter
Applied AI/ML Scientist
Jonathan is an Applied AI/ML Scientist at Sanome. Previously he did his DPhil at the University of Oxford where he designed, built and open-sourced world-leading AI models for quantitative sleep monitoring under the guidance of Prof. Lord (Lionel) Tarassenko.
Alongside his DPhil, working in industry, he led the algorithmic development of AI-enabled medical device software which received FDA clearance in 2024. Outside of Sanome, he continues to do research with the University of Oxford and ‘enjoys’ long-distance running.
Our advisors

Prof Carole Longson
Independent Senior Advisor, Life Science Policy, HTA and Market Access

Dr Cem Baydar
Independent Board Director and Investment Officer

Dr Michelle Tempest
Advisor and Author

Pam Garside
Chair, Cambridge Angels

Alasdair Thong
Biotech and Healthcare Advisor

Dr Arrash Yassaee
Director, Knollingdan Advisory and Deputy Director (MedTech Innovation) NHS England
Our clinical advisors

Dr John Chinegwundoh
Consultant Respiratory Physician, Trust Lead for Health Inequalities

Dr Veronica Choro-Mari
Consultant Pharmacist and Infection Disease Specialist

Dr Alifa Isaacs-Itua
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine
