In June 2020 Greg Fury was appointed as non-executive director and Chairman of the board of Healthcent. Greg studied English, Law, Economics (BA LLB MA) at UCT and Cambridge. Greg is an executive director and founder of Targe Capital, a private equity investment firm. He was previously the COO of leading asset management firm Allan Gray Limited from 2003 to 2009. Before that he worked in the corporate finance division of Investec Bank for 8 years, advising on mergers and acquisitions, fund raising and proprietary investments. He brings experience in investment management, corporate finance and operational management to Targe Capital and its portfolio companies.
Doctor Biano Hobson, an experienced Specialist Physician, has joined Signapps as Clinical Manager. Dr. Hobson’s appointment is an important step forward in the growth of the Signapps business in South Africa, which has seen significant growth in 2020, partly because of the importance of social distancing in the treatment of infected CoVID patients, but also because of the product’s inherent value in many other areas of clinical practice.
A cell phone application enabling healthcare workers to co-ordinate patient care and jointly monitor an individual’s progress and solve treatment challenges is drastically reducing doctors and nurses’ exposure to the Covid-19 virus.
“We believe that the introduction of a simple care co-ordination platform on the mobile phone, such as Signapps, could mitigate much of the risk of infection exposure to frontline doctors and nurses,” Andrew Davies, CEO of Signapps
"The solution offered by Signapps within Covid-19 is innovative, simple to use, effective, improves healthcare worker safety and patient care and specifically addresses the weaknesses in the current SA situation." said Andrew Davies, Chief Executive of local health tech company Signapps.