Sunil Dadlani serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer and Chief Cyber Security Officer at Atlantic Health. 

A globally-recognised technology strategist, he leads the organisation’s enterprise-wide initiatives across digital transformation, data analytics, cybersecurity and emerging technology execution. 

Since joining the system in 2020, Sunil has been the primary architect of a multi-year digital evolution that has transitioned Atlantic Health from a collection of fragmented legacy systems to a unified, AI-native healthcare leader.

With a career spanning more than 25 years and five continents, Sunil brings a unique, multidisciplinary perspective to the intersection of technology and human health.

Before entering the healthcare sector, he drove digital transformation for global corporations including Siemens, Motorola and Sony – a period he sees as foundational to his current role.

“Building platforms at a global scale requires a lot of rigour and a lot of discipline,” he says. “That’s hard to get anywhere else.”

However, his transition into the public and not-for-profit sectors was driven by a fundamental shift in professional philosophy. 

“I started asking different questions to myself,” he continues. “Not where the hardest problem is, but where the hardest problem matters the most. 

“That was the most important question that I asked myself. It was that question that really led me to public health.”

Today, at Atlantic Health, Sunil oversees a massive digital footprint that supports a workforce of more than 25,000 team members and 5,667 affiliated physicians. 

His leadership is driven by commitment to the mission of care, particularly during turbulent times. 

“I joined in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic,” he remembers. “That’s where and when the mission really resonated with me, it showed what it takes to be in healthcare.”

Sunil is a vocal advocate for responsible AI and authentic leadership. Maintaining this as technology accelerates, however, is a balancing act which he affirms must never outpace governance.

His strategic framework involves a human-in-the-loop philosophy, with the core idea being that “human decision-making rights are never taken from any AI capabilities” because although AI can make recommendations, it will never own the liability of its actions.

Beyond innovation, Sunil is a specialist in digital and operational resilience.

For him, cybersecurity is a core component of the system’s clinical mission. He defines resilience as more than just prevention.

“The core part of resiliency is how prepared you are and how well you can respond,” he shares. “At Atlantic Health, when we talk about being a resilient healthcare system, the mission must continue safely and reliably under every circumstance, no matter what the environment is.”

Sunil’s work has contributed to Atlantic Health consistent national recognition. He remains committed to the principle that technology should be a seamless, almost-invisible facilitator of health. 

“At the end of the day, the response should be very singular,” he concludes. “It is the patients and communities we are serving that are the reason why we are doing this.”