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Board of Directors

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Dr Allen Gu

Chair of the Board

MBSI Co-founder
Doctor,
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Fulbright Scholar

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Dr Ryan Lim Yip

Non-Executive Director 
MBSI Co-founder 

Doctor,
Western Health

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Christian McCaffrey

Chief Executive Officer
Doctor of Medicine,

University of Melbourne

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Dr John Ertan

Non-Executive Director

Doctor,

Western Health

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A/Prof. Christiane Theda

Non-Executive Director

Neonatologist,

Royal Women's Hospital
Co-Founder of Ventora Medical and Navi Medical Technologies

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Betty Zhang

Non-Executive Director

MBSI Co-Founder

Investment Manager in Venture Capital​

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Thanushi Peiris

Non-Executive Director

Doctor of Medicine,

University of Melbourne

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Jacky Chen

Non-Executive Director

Doctor of Medicine,

University of Melbourne

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Alexander Savvas

Chief Projects Officer

Master of Biomedical Engineering,

University of Melbourne

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James Nikolas Putradi

Secretary

Master of Information Technology,

University of Melbourne

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Linus Cheung

Chief Research Officer

Researcher,

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

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Evan Tantono

Chief Financial Officer

Master of Biomedical Engineering,

University of Melbourne

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Victoria Li

Chief Biodesign Officer

Doctor of Medicine,

University of Melbourne

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Duc-Tri Bui

Chief Operations Officer

Bachelor of Biomedical Science,

Monash University

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