NetScientific appoints Steve Curd as Wanda CEO

(ShareCast News) - NetScientific has appointed Steve Curd as chief executive officer of its portfolio company, Wanda, and head of the group's digital health franchise, of which Wanda is the key asset.Curd will join the group on 14 September to oversee the growth and delivery of its digital health portfolio.NetScientific said Curd has more than 20 years' experience in driving growth for digital healthcare, and most recently, was the chief operating officer of NantHealth, a company converging biomolecular medicine and bioinformatics with technology services.Chief executive officer Francois Martelet said: "I am delighted to welcome a leader of Steve's calibre to the group to drive the commercialisation programme for Wanda, our game-changing clinical decision support system.Steve is highly regarded in this area and will play a key role in accelerating the growth of our digital health portfolio, one of our three areas of strategic focus together with diagnostics and therapeutics."At 1338 BST, NetScientific shares were down 2.1% at 167p.