“I am extremely excited to welcome Anna Wang to Canary Health Technologies “ says president and CEO Raj Reddy “Anna will be a valuable addition to our corporate team as Head of Corporate Affairs and Strategic Partnerships. She is responsible for overall strategic engagement between Canary and its investors and collaborators. She will also lead Communications, Market Development including Global Health Initiatives, Alliances and Corporate Development.”

Anna is a strategic advisor and a global health expert. Since 2013 she has been advising Atomo Diagnostics, a medical device company based in Sydney where she is helping to expand the company’s footprint in developing countries and supporting the development of rapid diagnostic self-tests. As a senior advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Anna supported the foundation’s relationship with other funders and provided advice on the foundation’s global health research and development (R&D) strategy and advocacy activities.

Prior to establishing herself as an independent advisor, Anna was the VP for External Relations at the Medicines for Malaria Venture, a non-profit organization dedicated to antimalarial R&D. She helped to grow the organization from a 10-person start-up to a leader and pioneer in global health R&D – quadrupling its budget in 5 years with funding from the Gates Foundation and a dozen other donors. Since 2008, she has also helped RS Group, a family office based in Hong Kong, shape its philanthropy portfolio and advance its “total portfolio approach” in managing all of the principal’s investments. RS Group is now a leading voice in promoting impact investment globally.

Anna is also the founder and director of a non-profit photography collective, Photographers for Hope which aims to use the power of images to support positive social change. Her career in public affairs started with campaigning for rights of people living with AIDS at the Human Rights Campaign, followed by the Clinton Presidential Campaign in 1992 and finally a two-year intensive experience working on South Africa’s first multi-party elections.

“My entire career has been built around impact whether it is through political action or advocating for funding for neglected diseases. This is the main attraction of joining Canary – it is a game-changer – not only in its cutting-edge technology but more importantly in its potential to save and improve lives of millions globally. I look forward to working with everyone to accelerate the development of our innovations so it can reach those in need as quickly as possible,” says Anna Wang, Head of Corporate Affairs.