Our MISSION
To empower you to take ownership of your health, wellbeing and performance.
Give access to personalized insights about your body and mind, and explain current and future health risks.
Provide actionable nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on scientific evidence.
Partner with health, wellbeing and performance experts to support you in achieving your goals.
WHO WE ARE
We believe in people proactively managing their health and wellbeing by making informed lifestyle choices. We also recognize the need to equip health experts with deeply personalized insights that will enable them to effectively guide people towards reaching their goals. As a founding team, we ask ourselves “how can we combine the power of the most advanced health science, data and technology to enable people to take the right steps on their health journey”.
We are an interdisciplinary team comprised of passionate innovators in medicine, genetics, bioinformatics, software engineering and user experience, all united in answering that calling.
Meet the leadership Team
From health scientists to data gurus, diversity is a key strength of our team. Our shared purpose? To lead the Deep Health Revolution so you can shape the future of your health.
Sridhar Kumaraswamy
Founder and CEO
Sridhar founded Ancora with the belief that the quality of our lives are mediated by the simple food and lifestyle choices we make, and that the path towards a healthier society is through influencing those choices in a personally meaningful way.
He is committed to encouraging people to work on their health and wellbeing every day of their lives. And he is convinced that progress in biological science and behavioral technologies will allow them to do so effortlessly.
Sridhar is a seasoned innovation leader who has successfully launched and grown multiple consumer businesses over the past two decades at Philips.
Rahul Gannamani
Founder and Head of Health Engagement
A health evangelist and doctor in training, Rahul is passionate about a healthcare paradigm in which people are empowered to make targeted and meaningful choices for their long-term health and wellbeing.
Rahul brings a deep understanding of a data-driven approach to health and is responsible for our product and its integration within people’s health journeys.
After gaining his bachelor’s degree in Medicine at the University of Groningen, Rahul went on win a place in the university’s PhD program, where he specializes in using big data to improve diagnosis of movement disorders.
José Castela Forte
Founder and Head of Health Science
José has long been passionate about pushing the boundaries of science to bring game-changing innovation to healthcare. At Ancora, he leads the research on predictive prevention that underpins our groundbreaking methodology.
With a bachelor’s degree in Medicine (with honors in Philosophy) from the University of Groningen, José owns a unique combination of analytical and biological knowledge.
He is currently combining his clinical training with a PhD program where he specializes in applying machine learning to predict and improve patient outcomes in the fields of intensive care, anesthesia, and cardiothoracic surgery.
Alok Jain
Head of Marketing
As a seasoned marketeer, Alok has over two decades of marketing experience working for global brands in the consumer lifestyle & health technology industry.
Before joining Ancora, he was a business category leader at Philips, globally leading the men’s shaving and skincare business.
Born in India, Alok has lived in the Netherlands for the last 13 years. With his international outlook, he strongly believes that everyone’s health needs are different, and is proud to be part of Ancora’s mission to shape the future of health.
Anthonie Smith
Head of Operations
Anthonie focuses on running our business smoothly while working hard to make Ancora the most exciting and creative product on the market.
Before joining Ancora, he ran his own digital strategy and branding agency where he worked with global businesses like Samsung as well as Dutch corporations including Noordhoff and ING bank.
He also worked on innovating healthcare within the Dutch municipal health organization GGD and the UMCG hospital in Groningen by improving the usability of their digital platforms and promote the use of e-health services.
Lisette Hendrikse
Head of Legal
Lisette manages the legal aspects of the Ancora businesses.
Lisette has worked for several large international companies as in-house business lawyer. She worked for Philips International for 14 years in various global and European roles, lastly as General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Company Secretary to the global Philips TV business. Since leaving the corporate life in 2013, she has been advising start-ups and scale-ups on all legal aspects of their strategy and their implementation and maintenance.
Dr. Sipko van Dam
Head of Bioinformatics
Sipko is passionate about translating science and big data into meaningful insights that help people take the next steps in their health journeys.
With a strong focus on healthy ageing, he aims to help people to obtain accurate insights into their personal health risks in an enjoyable yet scientific manner. The goal is to clarify which preventive measures and actions will benefit each individual the most, and help people live more healthily.
Ward Krebbers
Head of Technology
Ward is responsible for building powerful new features into Ancora’s apps and systems while protecting the sensitive data we handle.
Upon graduating in Computer Science, Ward cut his teeth at Synaptics in Silicon Valley, California, before returning to Amsterdam in 2015. He then worked as an IT consultant developing algorithms and software for the likes of DPG Media and Transavia.
With Ancora, his goal is to offer the most user-friendly tools so our customers can spend their time taking a proactive approach to managing their health.
Rianne Meijerman
Head of User Onboarding & New Business Development
Rianne is an experienced business leader, passionate about the consumerization and democratization of preventive healthcare.
During the past two decades, she has built an international career with a strong track record in business leadership, consumer marketing, digital transformation and health & beauty retail.
Next to her role at Ancora, Rianne is a member of the supervisory board of GrandVision, a global optical retail company.
Wim Tilburgs
Evangelist, Diabetes2Doorbreken program
Wim personifies the benefits of preventive health.
As someone who reversed his diabetes using the power of ‘lifestyle as medicine’, he leverages his experience to motivate others and influence the adoption of Ancora’s platforms and tools.
Next to his Ancora role, he is president of the Je Leefstijl Als Medicijn charity foundation, which aims to promote healthy living across the Netherlands.
In his previous career, Wim worked as a senior IT consultant in the Netherlands and was the country manager for Exact in Morocco.
Dr. Jan Hoogsteen
Head of Ancora for Sports practice
Jan Hoogsteen is a seasoned cardiologist and expert in sports cardiology and exercise physiology.
Over the last three decades, Dr. Hoogsteen has been monitoring the hearts of hundreds of top athletes, including professional football players, skaters and cyclists. He was the medical advisor of the TVM, PDM, Jumbo-Visma and RABO-Live cycling teams.
He brings this vast expertise – and love of sports – to our customers, where he leads the sport medical practice at our Eindhoven and Amsterdam health studio.
Before joining Ancora, he was a cardiologist at the Máxima Medisch Centrum in Eindhoven.
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We know your personal data is important to you. As we handle sensitive information related to your health, you can trust us to adhere to the highest standards of data protection.
We are committed to using your personal information for these two purposes: giving you personalized and actionable information on your health, as well as improving the science behind your Personal Health Passport. For more details on our data protection standards, please visit the Privacy Policy on our website: www.ancora.health/privacy-policy