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 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 Software-as-a-Medical Device (SaMD).

Find out how our unique approach seeks to improve patient outcomes and provide clinicians the insights they need to act earlier. 

Meet our team

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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.

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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 an enthusiast of board sports.

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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 focused 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.

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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).

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Eddie Pease

Engineering and Information Governance Lead

Eddie is Engineering & Information Governance Lead at Sanome, responsible for EPR integrations, making sure that our infrastructure is robust and secure and ensuring compliance with relevant cyber security and data protection standards.

Eddie has a BSc in Physics from Oxford and has 7 years’ experience working as a data scientist / software engineer in highly regulated industries (pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services), including being the technical co-founder of a company in the pharmaceutical industry predicting the probability of success of late-stage clinical trials.

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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.

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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!

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Tori Nicoll

Founder's Associate

Tori has a background in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and experience in early-stage strategy consulting and venture building, helping organisations design and scale new propositions. Her career spans data and technology transformation within highly regulated global corporates at KPMG, growth advisory and venture incubation for private equity portfolio companies, and healthcare innovation consulting with leading healthtech organisations.

At Sanome, Tori works alongside the founding team to drive strategic execution across partnerships, operations, growth, and fundraising. Outside of work, Tori holds a Fellowship in Music Performance from the Royal College of Music as a classical cellist, and enjoys catching up with friends over a run.

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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.

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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.

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Ariane Duverdier

AI/ML Engineer

Ariane is an Applied AI/ML Engineer at Sanome. She holds a PhD in AI for Healthcare from Imperial College London where she worked on developing prognostic tools for eczema using Bayesian machine learning.

She has a dual expertise in data and biomedical sciences with a MSc in Bioinformatics from Imperial College and a BSc in Pharmacology and Computer Science from McGill University. In her free time, she enjoys creative writing.

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Dimosthenis Antypas

AI/ML Engineer

Dimosthenis is an AI/ML engineer specialising in Natural Language Processing (NLP) at Sanome, where he applies machine learning and NLP techniques to tackle challenges in health sciences. His work focuses on leveraging cutting-edge methods to extract insights from unstructured data.

Alongside his industry role, he is awaiting his PhD (viva pending) from Cardiff University, where his research within the CardiffNLP group focused on NLP for analysing social media discourse. He has worked across a broad range of NLP tasks and technologies, including text classification, named entity recognition, and text generation. His experience includes working with large language models (LLMs), with a focus on their training and fine-tuning.

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Dr Pooja Sancheti

Commercial Lead

Pooja is a clinician by background and brings over 8 years of frontline clinical experience combined with expertise in digital and operational transformation from her time in management consulting. She has worked with a number of NHS Trusts on large-scale transformation projects.

At Sanome, Pooja supports partner success across SaMD and EPR integrations and plays a key role in strategic planning, fundraising support, and programme delivery.

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Edith Avornyo

Clinical Deployment Lead

Edith is an experienced clinical leader and digital health strategist with nearly three decades of nursing experience across acute, community, and integrated care settings within the NHS.

Before joining Sanome, Edith held senior roles in cardiology, Leadership and Management, most recently leading borough-wide virtual ward and NHS@Home services. She holds an Executive MBA in Leadership and Management and an MSc in Preventive Cardiology from Imperial College London.

At Sanome, Edith leads clinical deployment and adoption of MEMORI, Sanome’s AI-powered infection early warning solution, ensuring safe, effective integration within NHS workflows.

Outside of work, she enjoys listening to podcasts and exploring new ideas in digital health.

Our clinical advisors​

Dr Alifa Isaacs-Itua

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

Dr John Chinegwundoh

Consultant Respiratory Physician

Dr Veronica Choro-Mari

Consultant Pharmacist and Infectious Diseases Specialist

Prof. Raquel Sofia
Marques Neves

Professor in Rehab Nursing

Our advisors

Pam Garside

Chair, Cambridge Angels

Lord (James) Bethell

Former health minister and Member of the House of Lords

Dr Michelle Tempest

Advisor and Author

Prof Carole Longson

Independent Senior Advisor, Life Science Policy, HTA and Market Access

Dr Arrash Yassaee

HealthTech clinician and national policy professional

Dr Cem Baydar

Independent Board Director and Investment Officer

Our investors

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