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Ashish Narendra Patel, published professionally as Dr Ash Patel, was the Optum Ventures principal appointed to OxfordVR’s board in the February2020issuer financing announcement. Companies House records his full legal name and historical director term. Mercia’s own earlier professional interviews and authored life-sciences research corroborate the physician-investor career before Optum. He is distinct from the existing Kenya-based Antler fractional CTO Ashish Patel; no homonym merger or personal investment is inferred.