Meet the team working on your future health.
We believe with the right strategy, the right doctor, and the right coach in your corner, you can transform your lifelong health.
ABOUT US
We have a clear vision for personalised healthcare.
Our mission is to empower you to take control of your health through medically-led coaching - breaking free from chronic disease and unlocking lasting vitality.
Our vision is a future where health isn’t managed, but transformed - personalised, science-backed, and built to last.
We believe you can take control of your lifelong health.
Empowerment - We believe in giving you the knowledge, tools, and medical guidance to take control of your health - because true transformation starts with ownership.
Science-driven change - Every step of our approach is grounded in advanced medicine, diagnostics, and the proven science of habit formation.
Personalisation - Health isn’t one-size-fits-all - We tailor every journey to you, recognising that your biology, lifestyle, and goals are unique.
Sustainable transformation - We focus on deep, lasting change - helping you not just improve your health, but sustain it for life.
WHO WE ARE
Meet your team
We have combined the latest science with leading precision medicine doctors, health coaches, nurses, and specialist advisors to offer you the best in functional medicine and medically-led health coaching.
Coach Anna Thomas
Medically-Led Health Coach
Coach Anna has always been interested in health, studying exercise science though university and building her own personal training business for the past decade. In the last 5 years she has been driven by a more holistic approach to health and fitness. Her own journey with adrenal fatigue and lack of lifestyle balance, along with seeing her clients struggle to reach their goals through fitness alone, initiated her interest in studying and coaching health and fitness with a more 360 approach. She is excited to help grow people's knowledge and support them with lifestyle changes, aiding them with their journey to a healthier life.
Coach Susannah Barratt-Boyes
Medically-Led Health Coach
Coach Susannah's journey into health and wellness began with her own experience with chronic illness as a child, where she saw the profound impact diet could have on health. This sparked a passion to help others transform their health journeys. She studied applied recreation and personal training, followed by massage therapy, and later expanded her expertise into naturopathy and nutrition. With experience running her own personal training and massage therapy business, Susannah worked closely with clients to achieve lasting change. Outside of work, Susannah enjoys staying active, cooking, and spending time with loved ones. She is driven by the desire to set a positive example for her children and inspire others to challenge themselves and evolve.
Coach Catherine Read
Medically-Led Health Coach
Coach Catherine has been passionate about health and wellness since beginning her career as a Registered Nurse, specialising in youth mental health. For the past decade she has run a home-based Pilates studio, supporting clients to build strength and resilience. Inspired by challenges in today’s healthcare model and the health struggles she witnessed, she completed her Health Coaching Certification in 2023. With further training in hormone health, she now takes a holistic approach, helping clients understand how lifestyle choices shape their long-term wellbeing. Outside work, Catherine is a mum of two who loves nature, being active, cooking, reading and travel.
Coach Renee Clayton
Medically-Led Health Coach
Renee is an experienced nutritionist and health coach who has a genuine passion for helping people improve their wellbeing. Having worked in hospital settings and private practice across New Zealand and overseas, she has supported a diverse range of clients in areas such as metabolic health, women’s health and preventative wellness. Her approach blends clinical insight with compassionate, practical coaching to empower clients to make meaningful and sustainable changes. She believes in working collaboratively to uncover the root causes of health concerns and create realistic, personalised strategies that fit each individuals lifestyle and goals. Outside of work Renee enjoys an active lifestyle spending time with her husband and their four kids, travelling, going on regular bush walks and beach outings, strength training, playing games and relaxing with a good book.
Co-Founder & Personal Doctor
Dr. Ula is an Emergency Medicine Specialist and former Westpac Rescue Helicopter Doctor who has in recent years concentrated her efforts on preventative, precision medicine. In 2018 she co-founded and was Clinical Director of New Zealand's first precision medicine clinic focused on reversal of Type 2 diabetes and causes of heart disease, reducing heart and phenotypic age of clients. Determined to be more than an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff, Ula is dedicated to the advancement of lifestyle medicine as a preventative measure against diseases of modern life. Ula holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and is a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM).
Personal Doctor
Dr. Marissa is a highly experienced NZ trained medical doctor specialising in personalised high-end integrative and preventative medicine. A Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, she has additional postgraduate training in lifestyle, nutritional, and environmental medicine, and is currently completing a Fellowship with the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Marissa's expertise includes women's health, integrative peri/menopause well-being, nutrigenomics, metabolic and heart health, mindbody medicine, longevity, and thyroid and adrenal conditions. She enjoys combining her expertise with cutting-edge evidence based functional testing to create highly tailored holistic health plans.
Personal Doctor
Dr Taisia Cech is a New Zealand-trained medical doctor specialising in personalised, preventative, and integrative healthcare. A Fellow of both the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, she also holds advanced training in integrative, nutritional, and hormone medicine. Taisia focuses on uncovering root causes to support lasting vitality, with a special interest in perimenopause, menopause, metabolic health, and longevity. She uses advanced testing and precision medicine tools to deliver tailored strategies. Her mission is to empower people to take charge of their health, restore energy, and reconnect with long-term wellbeing.
Personal Doctor
Dr. Rushit is an experienced General Practitioner (GP) who has a special interest in Lifestyle Medicine and preventative healthcare. Completing his medical training in Australia, he is now a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. He is currently also completing a Fellowship with the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Rushit specialises in chronic disease management, metabolic and cardiovascular health. He uses his experience as an active GP, and incorporates that into his passion of lifestyle medicine to help clients determine and treat root causes of illness and empower clients to self manage their health.
Matthew Boylan
CEO & Director
Matthew is an internationally experienced business leader having held leadership roles in high growth companies in London and New Zealand. Matt joined Autonomy as COO in 2023 and was appointed CEO in 2024. Previously Financial Controller of M & C Saatchi World Services London and CFO of McKenzie and Co here in New Zealand, Matthew has a track record of driving companies through their growth phase. He is a Chartered Accountant, holds a BCom in finance and Accounting.
Julian Fairfield
Co-Founder & Director
Julian is a globally experienced management consultant having previously held senior positions with McKinsey & Company and BCG before founding his own management advisory firm. Julian was Chief Organisation Officer of Rio Tinto and the architect of reorganising the giants workforce to improve productivity and performance before becoming an advisor to Sir Douglas Myers on the expansion of Lion Nathan. Julian would later become Director of Operations for The Fred Hollows Foundation responsible for redesigning operational procedures and prosthetic manufacturing in Africa to release the late Fred Hollows vision to eliminate preventable blindness. Julian is widely respected as the strategic thinking behind the disruption of markets and sectors and has been instrumental in placing Autonomy on this course.
Kerry Tari
Practice Manager
Kerry is a Registered Nurse, the last 12 of her 23 years in the health industry have been in health leadership roles. With a passion for people, Kerry likes to ensure staff and customers experience an environment that is conducive to positive health outcomes and enable staff to deliver leading, safe and effective care. Her goal is to support you in attaining optimum health, as preventing ill health is a topic close to her heart.
Nurse Kenya Kinley
Registered Nurse
Nurse Kenya is a registered nurse who is passionate about health and prevention of diseases. She has a background in acute emergency medicine and urgent care health services and has a degree in natural medicine covering nutritive, herbal, lifestyle and therapeutic tools for healing an extensive range of conditions. Kenya leads an active lifestyle, enjoys running, strength training at the gym and yoga. She describes herself as consistently learning and working on her own health. Kenya enjoys teaching others about their health and seeing their progress through their health and wellness journey.
Nurse Stephanie Minton
Registered Nurse
Nurse Stephanie is a registered nurse who has practiced across a variety of medical and surgical specialties. This has included time in clinical research, intensive care, and more recently post anaesthetic care. Stephanie has always had a keen interest in health, in particular a healthy diet and lifestyle and its benefits in prevention and management of illness. In 2011 she completed a Diploma in Naturopathy and Nutritional Therapy at the College of Natural Medicine in London. Stephanie is passionate about helping people make positive changes to their health and wellbeing.