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Leaders in AI ultrasound innovation

Get to know the clinicians and engineers driving advancements in pregnancy ultrasound technology with care.
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Our Executives

Prof. Reza Razavi
Chief Executive Officer
Reza has pioneered world-first innovations in cardiac MRI and AI-driven imaging, reshaping how complex heart disease is diagnosed and treated. A globally recognised clinician-scientist and former VP of Research at King's College London, he now leads Fraiya Ultrasound's mission to transform diagnostics.
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Dr. Jackie Matthew
Chief Medical Officer
Jackie has spent her career at the intersection of frontline clinical practice and academic research, pioneering advances in fetal ultrasound and MRI. A recognised innovator holding an MSc, MClinRes, and PhD, she ensures that innovation at Fraiya remains commercially and clinically grounded, practical, and impactful.
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Dr. Samuel Budd
Chief Technical Officer
Sam holds a PhD in Medical Image Computing from Imperial College London, bringing rare depth across research, algorithm development, and scalable software engineering. Entrepreneurial, he leads Fraiya's technical vision—turning cutting-edge medical AI into reliable, clinically usable technology that advances the mission.
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Garbiele Richardson
Chief Marketing and Sales Officer
Gabriele brings over 15 years of commercial leadership in healthcare technology, with a proven track record scaling sales and marketing for software-driven solutions. At Fraiya, she leads global commercial strategy—connecting customer insight with innovation to accelerate market adoption in prenatal imaging.
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Our Advisors

Dr. Thomas Day
Senior Clinical Advisor
Thomas is a Research Fellow at King's College London and Honorary Consultant in Fetal and Paediatric Cardiology at Evelina Children's Hospital. His work sits at the frontier of clinical AI—designing systems that augment human decision-making, and leading the world-first PROMETHEUS trial that validated Fraiya's technology.
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Prof. Bernhard Kainz
Senior Technical Advisor
Bernhard shapes Fraiya's scientific vision and technology roadmap, translating machine learning and medical imaging research into rigorous, scalable clinical products. He brings deep experience in academic leadership and medical AI, advising on research partnerships, validation, and evidence generation.
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Prof. Joseph Hajnal
Senior Scientific Advisor
Jo is a pioneer in medical imaging whose foundational contributions have shaped MRI globally—most notably FLAIR, now a standard sequence on every scanner worldwide and embedded in diagnostic criteria across leading international organisations. At Fraiya, he lends that experience to shaping the company's scientific strategy.
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Our Research and Product Team

Dr. Lorenzo Venturini
Senior AI Engineer
Lorenzo holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where his doctoral research focused on AI for fetal ultrasound imaging. At Fraiya, he leads development of the core AI models underpinning the platform—with contributions spanning key algorithms, peer-reviewed publications, and patent filings that define and protect the technology.
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Dr. Robert Wright
Senior AI Engineer
Rob is an experienced AI scientist with 12+ years in fetal medical image computing (MRI, US). PhD from Imperial College London. Research Associate at King's College London, excelling in algorithm development and translating research into practical solutions.
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Dr. Alfonso Farruggia
Head of Engineering
Alfonso, PhD, is a Technical Lead and Solution Designer skilled in leading cross-functional teams. He co-founded a venture-backed Italian startup, leading the engineering team from prototype to market. At Fraiya, he is the Principal Software Engineer.
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Vathsala Achar
Back-end Engineer
Vathsala brings over 8 years of experience building scalable backend systems and ML-driven data platforms across health tech, fintech, and retail analytics. At Fraiya, she applies her expertise in backend architecture, data pipelines, and production-ready machine learning to build reliable and impactful infrastructure at scale.
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George Lambert
Front-end Developer
George brings four years of full-stack development experience, shaped in fast-moving startup environments. At Fraiya, he builds the interfaces sonographers and clinicians rely on—turning complex AI into software that feels intuitive and trustworthy in the moments that matter most.
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Harry Hopkinson
Quality Assurance Manager
Harry leads Fraiya's quality and regulatory function, overseeing the Quality Management System in compliance with ISO 13485. He drives regulatory strategy from product development to market access—managing submissions, interfacing with authorities, and building the infrastructure that underpins Fraiya's path to market.
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Jesús Ortiz
Head of Product Delivery
Jesús brings 15 years across health IT and healthcare, combining technical, clinical and operational expertise underpinned by an MBA, MSc and MPharm. At Fraiya, he drives the cross-functional execution that turns clinical priorities into scalable, regulated-market delivery—reliably and with rigour.
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Magdalena Popova
Product Designer
Maggie designs the clinical interfaces at the heart of FraiyaScan and FraiyaDetect—translating real-world workflows into intuitive, clinician-centred experiences through close collaboration and usability research and testing. She also lends her visual storytelling skills to Fraiya's marketing content.
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