Roma van der Walt, MSc, is a thought leader in the emerging field of female physiology and performance optimization through data, and is pioneering a systems-based approach to women’s health and longevity. She is the founder and CEO of Vitelle, a health intelligence company building the first scalable, expert-augmented decision layer for female physiology, spanning high-performance sport, clinical care, and preventive health.

Trained as a sport scientist, Roma’s work sits at the intersection of exercise physiology, women’s health data, and system design. Her mission is to close the persistent gap in how female biology is supported across lifespan health and high performance, by designing tools that unify complex data into actionable insights. She is also an advocate for better representation of diverse female voices in science and care, particularly around healthspan, athletic performance, and data equity.

Roma’s cross-disciplinary career spans elite sports, humanitarian work at the UN, health journalism, and digital product design. She has collaborated with scientists and health systems designers from institutions like Monash University/ RMIT and continues to grow her network of leading researchers advancing female health and performance. Her work has been recognized by Women’s Health Magazine as part of their Longevity Redefiners cohort and by other US and European media, where she speaks about equity in health tech, the future of female performance, and the next era of personalized female care.