About Us
A team of socially minded entrepreneurs on a mission
Our Mission
Our company exists to eradicate communicable infectious disease. We believe this is an urgent task for humanity. We will do this by providing people with the tools and information they need to protect their workplaces and communities. Our first target is infection prevention and control in healthcare and in specialist workplaces such a cruise ships and oil & gas production
2,540 million
Human impact of disease
The number of disability adjusted life years lost per year to existing communicable diseases
$10.3 trillion
The economic cost of Covid-19
The equivalent of losing the combined output of 150 countries. Enough to buy the world’s top 10 listed companies
21%
Of the NHS' capacity
A British Medical Journal study found that hospital acquired infections accounted for 21% of NHS bed capacity
Join us and let’s help prevent infections and eradicate infectious disease
- Just like a serum vaccine, our digital approach works best when a lot of people in a hospital, workplace or community use it
- We cannot prevent someone bringing an infection into your community or workplace, but we can prevent it spreading
- You can explore how Proxximos is running in a workplace with a company that has joined us
Our Values
A company with a social purpose
Curiosity
We like endlessly curious people, we love to hear and consider new thoughts rather than sweep past them.
Courage
We like those with the courage to try new things and think bold thoughts. It is alright to fail, get up, and try again
Team spirit
We value those who support and nuture as much as those who lead. We only succeed as a team
Evidence
Evidence carries the weight in our decisions. Diseases don’t do spin and status, we have to back the evidence to defeat disease.
Responsibility
We look to ourselves to solve issues, and expect the same of others. We take responsibility, and are not passive
Integrity
Doing what we say. Speaking truth to each other. Being able to see our faults.
Leadership
A diverse, multidisciplinary team spanning the full spectrum of relevant disciplines – from ethics to engineering, behavioural sciences to epidemiology.
Peter Whawell
Chief Executive Officer
Wael Elrifai
Chief Technology Officer
Advisors
A diverse, multidisciplinary team spanning the full spectrum of relevant disciplines – from ethics to engineering, behavioural sciences to epidemiology.
Behavioural Science
International Behavioural Science Consultancy Director
Infections Diseases
Consultany in infectious diseases at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Analytics
Professor and former Director of Turing Institute
Security & Privacy
Former senior National Cyber Security Centre member
Digital Contact Tracing
Former Chief Science Advisor who lead on UK digital contact tracing
Public Health
Doctor and former Chief Data Officer at NHS England
Healthcare Law & Ethics
Publicly honoured Law Professor
Hardware
Professor and chair of university Department of Electrical Engineering
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50,000 workplaces
The number of workplaces in the developed world with more that 50 employees – let’s secure them
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1,200 million
The number of people in the developed world whose healthcare authorities could protect them using Proxximos
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5,500 million
The number of people in developing nations whose healthcare systems lack the resource and logistics for widespread vaccination, but where most people have phones that can run the Proxximos digital vaccine