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Cyber security firm Healthmity set for speedy expansion after launch in North East

Ukranian cyber security entrepreneur Dr Igor Kotsiuba has bid for a slice of a €95.5bn European Commission cash pot to help the firm scale

Igor Kotsiuba from Healthymity (left) with Patrick Melia from Sunderland City Council at the Sunderland Software Centre.(Image: Elliot Nichol Photography)

A cyber security expert has picked Sunderland to become the base for his new business, with plans to create a raft of new jobs this year.

Dr Igor Kotsiuba, who relocated to the North East from Ukraine under a Global Talent Visa, has launched Healthymity Limited, which aims to support AI and decision-making in health and medicine to bring a new world of insight to frontline professionals.

The company has taken office space at Sunderland Software Centre, and Dr Kotsiuba aims to recruit 10 people this year, as well as quickly scale up his business.

He has made a bid to the European Commission Horizon Framework Programme to get a share of €95.5bn (£82.37bn) worth of projects that will help tackle climate change, meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

The entrepreneur, who has a PhD in Information Technology, believes that if the business is successful in its bid to win contracts from the framework, Healthymity could begin its recruitment drive within two months, building a team to support the delivery of projects that are focused on energy transition, using tech and digital to support decarbonisation.

As well as his new º£½ÇÊÓÆµ venture, the businessman runs iSolutions UA, a company based in Kyiv that employs 40 people and is one of the country’s leading providers of ICT equipment and solutions for enterprise, government and academia.

iSolutions also supports customers with digital transformation and cybersecurity solutions and works with global businesses including AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Siemens, Thales, ATOS, EDF, SEB Bank and Telefonica.

Dr Kotsiuba, who has travelled the world as part of his academic career, lecturing in Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ, chose to relocate to the North East to launch his new venture after falling in love with the area during a visit to Newcastle.