About us

Araxie is leading LVNDR’s voice, driving creative direction, establishing key partnerships, and fostering a movement for the queer community, ensuring every voice is heard and reflected. Prior to LVNDR, she worked on Karla Otto's online strategy then went on to build and managed the digital team for one of MENA’s leading luxury department stores launching their global e-commerce website. Having experienced and witnessed the injustices faced by the LGBTQ+ community and underrepresented groups, she is aiming to transform the healthcare sector, expanding the reach of accessible sexual care to those who need it the most.

Christopher is a non-binary entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of LVNDR a sexual health platform that improves sexual wellbeing for LGBTQ+ individuals and modernises sexual healthcare for clinics.

Having experienced inadequate care across multiple continents, they’re driven to bring about a solution that closes the gap that exists between heteronomative and queer individuals. Their goal is that everyone irrespective of their background can receive an affirmative, inclusive, and respectful environment of care.

Jen is a management consultant turned start-up operator with almost a decade of experience. Previously at Nous Group, she managed projects in health and adjacent sectors, successfully delivering projects covering strategy development and implementation, business model design, operational effectiveness, and public policy. She has also led expansion at a growth stage tech-enabled social enterprise based in Kenya, securing the largest ever funding rounds for an East African climate-tech enterprise in 2020.

Medical Director (he/him). With 3 decades of experience, Dr. Pakianathan has worked as Consultant Physician in Sexual Health & HIV Medicine in both St George’s and  Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals where he has led on Gender and Sexual Minority Sexual Healthcare. Mark has pioneered numerous sexual health service innovations and has previously served on the board of BASHH and is the current BASHH SE Lond London Clinical Governance co-chair. 

Qualifications & Professional Memberships: 

- MBChB  1991 University of Aberdeen
- MRCP(UK) 1994  Royal College of Physicians
- DFFP (1999) Diploma in Family Planning,  Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, RCOG
- FRCP 2002 Fellow Royal College of Physicians, London
- MSc (Public Health) 2018 LSHTM
- BASHH ( British Assoc Sexual Health & HIV) Fellow
- BHIVA ( British HIV Association)Member
- IUSTI (International Union against STIs) Member
- BMA ( British Medical Council)
- Specialist Register ( Genitourinary Medicine)

Josh is a specialist pharmacist and academic in the digital health space who has received numerous accolades in his early career including Health Innovation Network and Health Education Foundation grants for research in population health and patient-reported outcomes. Josh is a strategic member of RxSHARE, an LGBTQ+ global think-tank for sexual and gender health advocacy, reform, and equity.

Previously at Ginger, now Headspace Health, Sydney is an engineer specialising in systems development and code quality and works on information systems and architectures. He has experience maintaining strong collaborations across development and product teams, and applying best technical practices.

Previously at Thoughtworks, Stevie is a polygon engineer with extensive experience in building enterprise level applications across multiple platforms and industries. Stevie is a strong advocate of accessible software and effective software testing. She also champions the adoption of agile practices for more effective teams.

Najib is the Product Manager at LVNDR, engineering technical solutions, and strategies to boost the product to its full potential. Najib has contributed to the technical hiring timeline and process, and the application and website development, but most notably to the product and technical roadmap. his strategic and technical planning and vast technical knowledge make him a great technical representative for the company, and an invaluable asset to the team.

Madalina is a senior product designer with a deep specialist experience in healthtech and a background in Clinical Psychology. Before switching to the start-up world, she led all Exercise & Activity features at Fitbit and later Google, designing end-to-end experiences meant to support people in leading a healthy lifestyle.

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Soraya is a Senior Product Designer with a strong experience in fin-tech. Previously with American Express she was leading initiatives for the customer Mobile App, delivering experiences in a heavily-complex established financial product. Before Amex she also worked with a Digital Transformation agency, working with small and enterprise clients across multiple fields (finance, real estate, consulting, branding). Together with her passion for solving the unsolvable, her current aspirations as a Designer are deeply inclined in finding ways of designing more accessible and inclusive experiences, with a highly collaborative mindset.