Dr Terry Sweeney CMG has over 22 years of global industry experience in digital health and healthcare innovation through commercialisation of new and emerging tech. He is a strategic advisor to several global organisations including the G20, and is focused on driving the development of a digital health industry in Australia.
Dr Sweeney has been the chief executive of The Australian Digital Health Research Centre (CRC) since December 2020, the digital health collaborative in the world. He is also the founder and managing director of Digital Hive, a CRC spinout company focused on the commercialisation of digital health. Dr Sweeney has created the digital health joint venture, with a Chinese state-owned enterprise. He also created partnership with SoftBank, to use artificial intelligence to improve patient safety across Japan. During his tenure as global managing director of IBM Health, he was responsible for leading global partnerships with Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, NHS UK and Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare Japan. Reporting directly to the Secretary of State for Health, Dr Sweeney was the UK Government special advisor on the health and social care digital strategy, leading the transformation of frontline services through technology adoption.
Dr Sweeney was honoured by HRH Queen Elizabeth II with an order of Knighthood in recognition of his service overseas in British Intelligence.
