Tarek R. Besold, PhD

Early stage ‘operator’ experience

SonyAI – Flagship Project CEO – R&D, product dev & GTM strategy ”AI for Biomedical Science”.Telefónica Alpha Health – Chief Scientist – Feature R&D for mobile digital-health apps.

Trust tech knowledge

Led Europe’s first industrial trust tech lab.Founding chair of Germany’s national AI standards working committee.Former Head of Strategic AI at DEKRA SE.

Oliver Smith

Early stage ‘operator’ experience

Koa Health – Director – Telefónica spin out with €50m Series A and grew to 1m users in 2 yrs.Guys and St Thomas´ Foundation – Director – managed £100m portfolio of innovations.

Trust tech knowledge

Created and implemented first AI ethics strategy for a digital health company.Applied AI ethicist – work with leaders in building trust in AI e.g., Eticas, IADB, EU Horizon projects