Allan Sweidan – Co-founder Panda App. Before co-founding Panda in 2020, Allan served as the CEO of the Akeso Group of Psychiatric Hospitals, which he co-founded in 2008. Starting with one hospital in Randburg, the Akeso group grew to 12 hospitals across 4 provinces before it was sold to Netcare in 2018. Since leaving Akeso/Netcare in late 2019, Allan has been actively involved in health-related start-ups, retirement villages and child and young adult focused NPOs. Allan graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Wits University and proceeded to pursue his interest in psychology, qualifying as a clinical psychologist in 1998. After spending some time working in the public health sector, he moved into a private practice specialising in the treatment of dual diagnosis disorders (addiction plus a psychiatric illness or psycho-social distress).As in previous ventures, the Panda app brings together Allan’s passion for both psychology and business.
