About RaggAhmed

Our vision

To live interesting lives in a healthy and equitable world.

Our mission

• To contribute to an improvement in health and equality in Australia and our region.
• To work with people we like, doing work that is beneficial to others.
• To treat clients, colleagues and ourselves with respect.
• To create better results for our clients than they expect.
• To be true to our beliefs in equality, fairness, truth, beauty, justice, transparency,  diversity and the benefits of enthusiasm.

Our people

Mark Ragg   MBBS BA

Dr Mark Ragg is a writer, editor, publisher and medical practitioner who has worked with organisations such as the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, various state and territory governments and a broad range of NGOs.  

He has been a reporter and columnist with The Australian, and a senior writer and editorial writer at the Sydney Morning Herald.  

He has worked in a variety of NSW public hospital emergency departments, and as a volunteer in East Timor.  

He has written 15 books, including texts he co-authored for the NHMRC on communicating with the public, and a recently published novel, The Dickinson Papers.

He is an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney.  

Tanya Ahmed   MBBS MPH & TM Grad Dip Health Serv Man

Dr Tanya Ahmed is a medical practitioner with a special interest in cross-cultural issues and mental health among disadvantaged groups.

She has extensive clinical experience in hospital, general practice and community settings, including work with migrants, refugees and Indigenous peoples.

She has taught communication skills, public health, clinical epidemiology and clinical ethics at Flinders and Sydney universities. She has worked in management at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, and sat on the Council for Early Postgraduate Training in South Australia. She has carried out research with the Cochrane Centre and the Repatriation Medical Authority, and received an NHMRC grant for a project on women’s health. She has worked as a volunteer doctor in East Timor.

She has been an actor on ABC radio and a reporter on ABC TV. She is now training in psychiatry.

Catherine Stevens   BA LLB

Catherine Stevens is our project manager. Initially trained as a lawyer, Catherine has worked in a variety of editing, publishing and business development roles in New Zealand, the UK and Australia. These include publishing manager at FPC Magazines, business operations manager at IPMG, which is Australia's largest privately owned media organisation, and new business manager at Edge Custom Media.

She has enormous experience in developing publications for particular audiences. 

Sarah Good BA (Hons)

Sarah Good is our editor. Sarah studied philosophy before working in advertising and marketing in London, Sydney and Oxford, working with agencies such as Grey Healthcare, Clemenger and Ogilvy. More recently, she worked as an editor with Hodder Education, McGraw-Hill Australia and Oxford University Press. Sarah has plenty of experience in developing consumer publications and educational materials, and brings a good knowledge of the digital world. 

Our consultants

We draw on a broad range of consultants – writers, editors, designers, printers, proofreaders, librarians, film-makers, photographers, market researchers, research assistants – as needed. All have expertise, and all add to our ability to fulfil the needs of our clients and produce work of the highest possible standard.