Directors and Management

DR RYAN NOACH (34) MBBCh (Wits), Dip PEC (SA) Commercial Director
Ryan Noach is a Medical Doctor who graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1997. Most of his post graduate clinical training was spent in emergency medicine including trauma, critical care, orthopaedics and paediatrics. Ryan was one of the founding members of STAR, an emergency medical helicopter service. He joined Netcare 911 as its Medical Director and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer during October 2003. Ryan then moved into the broader Netcare Group as Group Services Director in 2005 and then as Group Chief Operating Officer in 2006. During his tenure at Netcare, Ryan represented Netcare in its partnership with Netcells and the consequent launch thereof. Ryan left Netcare in January 2008 and remains passionate about Netcells, the future of stem cells in medicine and excellence in customer service.

DR YVONNE HOLT (35) MBBCh (Wits) Medical Director
Dr Yvonne Holt graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand 1997 with a Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBCH Wits). Dr Holt worked in the departments of Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 4 years after graduation, as a Medical Officer. She obtain a Diploma in Child Health (DCH) during this time. Her interest in the fields of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and stem cell technology brought her to a new career path in 2006 when she joined the dynamic team at Netcells Cryogenics as Medical Director. In this capacity, Dr Holt is responsible for the medical development of the stem cell program at Netcells and highlighting the benefits of this new technology.

KIM HULETT (39) BSC (CompSci), HDip Acc, CA(SA) Managing Director
Kim has a Bachelor of Science Degree (Rhodes University) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994, after completing her articles with Price Waterhouse in Johannesburg. Kim has considerable experience in Corporate Finance, specialising in new business start-ups and BEE transactions. She founded Netcells together with Netcare Limited.

DR STEPHEN MEDDOWS-TAYLOR (38) PhD (Wits) Laboratory Manager
Stephen Meddows-Taylor graduated from the University of Natal in 1992 with a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology before returning to Johannesburg and joining the National Institute for Communicable Diseases as a research scientist. While at the Institute, he obtained MSc and PhD degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand based on research projects he was conducting on paediatric HIV infection and immune responses and factors influencing mother-to-child HIV transmission. He has published a substantial amount of his research data in local and international scientific journals and has presented research findings at a number of scientific conferences. Stephen has considerable experience in flow cytometry and the isolation and cryopreservation of cord blood and peripheral blood cells, and joined the Netcells team as Laboratory Manager in March 2009.

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