Teams

Dr. Graham Simpson MD graduated from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School, South Africa. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. He is a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) and is also a licensed homeopath. He is the author of WellMan (Live Longer by Controlling Inflammation), co-author of Spa Medicine with Dr. Stephen Sinatra (Basic Health) and the Paleo Protocol with Dr. Max Sawaf. Dr. Simpson has also taught as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is certified in Age Management Medicine and is the founder of Eternity Medicine Institute, Paleo4me, Inflamaging Physician Network and Intelligent Health. In addition to practicing I.N.T.E.G.R.A.L. Health for many years, he remains committed to delivering Proactive Health to physicians and clients around the world.

Neil Petch has been an entrepreneur and a start-up enthusiast for longer than he cares to admit. He loves to dream up, build, and grow new companies, plus he thoroughly enjoys working with talented people who boast the same enterprising spirit and share his passion for start-ups. As Chairman of Virtuzone, the company formation (and visa issuance) specialists, he helps entrepreneurs and start-ups conceive, plan and build their businesses. In fact, since its formation in July 2009, Virtuzone has assisted over 3,000 companies, making it the most dynamic and possibly the fastest growing company set-up operator in the region, with multiple awards to reflect this success. In addition to starting up businesses, Neil has held senior roles in several companies, helping steer them through particularly critical growth phases.

Marc is originally from Quebec, Canada and moved to Dubai in January 2010. He obtained his MBA and PhD in Supply Chain and Operations Management at a leading university in Canada. Marc currently holds a position as an Operations and Supply Chain Management professor at Canadian University Dubai, following his 3-yr position at Zayed University. He has published scientific articles on supply chain and operations management, and his area of interest is mass customization. He has also presented research at over 15 international conferences as a guest speaker. Marc is also active as a business entrepreneur and in providing business consulting in the UAE. Prior to moving to Dubai, he was a supply chain consultant for a boutique firm in Chicago and Montreal. He has designed and implemented supply chain strategies in many industries in North America.

Andrew has a BA (Hons) Degree in Business with Law from England. He brings strong communication skills combined with a passion for building successful start-ups within the UAE, where his experience spans over 10 years. In this time he has worked across a diverse set of industries and most recently within Healthcare, where he has lead the activities and regional expansion of a successful medical platform. In addition, he brings with him a strong network of practitioners and relations with public and private healthcare institutions in the UAE.

Nigora has a BA (Hons) Degree in International Business and Mandarin as well as several special health certificates. She is highly energetic, creative, and analytical with four years of experience in various industries: logistics, private equity, food & beverage and medical. She has acquired various skills and experience in generating creative business ideas, developing them into actions and executing them as a business. Her Health Coaching certificate has enabled set her coaching business to help people overcome their challenges with food and diets.

Since Mark graduated from Bournemouth Art College in 1984 with the proverbial flying colours, he’s carried-on that tradition by brightening-up the advertising and marketing industry ever since, building brands such as British Airways, Emirates and 7up – just to name a few of the ‘ups’ in his career. These also encompass startups, including his own Dubai agency in 1991 called, ‘Face to Face’. For 14 years, he successfully built up one of the largest, privately owned advertising agencies in the region. Pursuing other career challenges in 2007, Mark sold his shares to the existing management who have carried on the upward momentum to further and further success. As the creative/marketing director for Primal MD, Mark brings with him an entire spectrum of experience and know-how, designing our corporate identity and effectively developing and executing our marketing and communication objectives

Anamika has over a decade of experience in the UAE in sales, marketing and business development, and she specialized her doctoral research in Gene Expression of Hsr-omega gene (heat shock gene) at Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India. Anamika has worked on Ayurceuticals/Nutraceutical and bio- compostable plastics as well as pathology labs introducing companion diagnostics to the UAE. Her focus has been to actively network and create awareness on Social Media about Genomics and Precision Medicine. She is currently working on integrating genomic knowledge to practice of medicine.

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Jacques-Yves has been in the IT business for two decades. Starting from his very first startup in “custom computer assembly” to a multinational IT consulting corporation, he went from Paris (France) to Florida (USA). In Canada, he has also been heavily exposed to the non-technical part of IT. For the last ten years, he has been mostly involved in ERP, Supply Chain Software and Collaboration platform deployment throughout the world. With a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, he is also a Microsoft IT Professional, Solution Expert, and Trainer. He brings in strong management capabilities and team building strength. In addition, he has an innovative vision on how to leverage efficiently the IT tools allowing this endeavor to become a success story.