What the 2019 HIMSS Europe Annual Women in Health IT Survey Results Mean for Positive Change

Angela Velkova is Director of Communities and Strategic Relations, EMEA at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). She is responsible for leveraging organisational, social and cognitive proximity of national and regional ecosystems in Europe, Middle East and Africa in order to enable the best use of information and technology in healthcare. In support of HIMSS global vision to realize the full health potential of every human, everywhere, Angela is entrusted the task to identify, link and unlock synergies among stakeholders, policies and practice for amplified community impact and diffusion of innovation in healthcare.
Angela's previous work experience includes positions in the education, non-governmental, media, and private sector including a traineeship at the Communication and Information Unit and the Office of Director-General at European Commission’s DG Regional and Urban Policy in Brussels, Belgium. Angela has a Master of Science in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics, Master of Arts in Eastern European Studies from the University of Bologna, Master Certificate of Excellence from the Schools of Excellence of Bologna and Paris. Angela is fluent in English, Italian and Serbo-Croatian language with a working knowledge of French and Russian language.

Sunjoy Mathieu is the Founder and Co-Lead of Women in Digital Health, a community and business network founded in 2017, in Zürich, Switzerland, which enables women executives in the digital health ecosystem to connect and share experiences, ideas and knowledge, as well as recommending job and project opportunities. Also, events with a female speaker from the startup or healthcare ecosystem are being organized monthly and the organization has established itself as thought leader and industry expert, being part of conferences and discussion panels regularly.
The community constitutes members across the healthcare industry from hospitals, clinical research, biomedical engineering, pharma, digital health start-ups, medical devices, eHealth and other areas.

Ms. Mathieu holds a Master’s degree in History, Sociology and Political Science from Zürich University and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Health Communication.

She has also worked with Farner Consulting as a startup consultant and healthcare
communications advisor since January 2019.

With a background in medical humanities and economics, Ms. Mathieu brings with her a holistic and interdisciplinary attitude to health care project management, communications, and business development. Being a passion-driven individual with an analytical point of perspective and comprehensive digital health space experience, Ms. Mathieu is a healthcare communications specialist and serves as a strategic advisor to technology firms and start-ups in healthcare.

Over the years, Ms. Mathieu has constructed a strong network in the health industry both nationally and worldwide and is a known speaker on innovation and women in Health IT.

John Rayner is the Regional Director, Europe and Latin America at HIMSS Analytics, after a three decade-long career in England’s National Health Service(NHS), starting out as a clinician and ending up us CIO of a major shared services operation in the state-run system.
As a medical practitioner and manager, Mr. Rayner has over 35 years of experience. In 1979, he first joined the NHS and in 1982 qualified as a registered nurse. Having worked in Acute Trusts, Health Authority, Strategic Health Authority and Shared Services, Mr. Rayner has extensive experience in NHS management. Over a 20-year period, he has managed clinical services, IM&T projects and regional programmes. In February 2015, he became Head of Professional Development at HIMSSUK.
He is a keen hill walker, runner and caver and takes a professional interest in the food and drink business.