Abdel Mahmoud is Co-Founder and CEO at Anterior, a clinician-led AI platform transforming healthcare administration for health plans. A trained medical doctor with an engineering degree from UCL, he previously worked as a Product Lead at Google and was selected for Meta's Entrepreneurship Residency.

Abdel came to the UK as a refugee and became the youngest infantry officer in the British Army before pursuing medicine and practicing as a physician in the NHS. The administrative burden in healthcare drove him to transition from clinical practice to building technology solutions.

Abdel holds a Master's degree in Engineering from UCL and is a licensed physician with experience spanning clinical practice, military service, and product leadership at major tech companies. He has led projects in maternal and child health, refugee health, and AI in oncology.

Anterior raised a $40 million funding round in February 2026, bringing total funding to $64 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, NEA, FPV, and Kinnevik. The company supports organizations covering 50 million lives and has achieved 99.24% clinical accuracy validated by KLAS Research.

Anterior's platform has reduced clinical review cycles by roughly 75% for enterprise customers and achieved over 90% staff satisfaction scores. The company pioneered the Forward Deployed Clinician model and has secured major clients including Geisinger Health Plan.