About Alex Drew

I started Evolutio in 2013 because I wanted to create a special clinic: somewhere warm and inviting, and less clinical. Somewhere practitioners could be themselves and show their personality, and patients could grab a coffee, relax and actually enjoy going to the physio. The three-level warehouse in Richmond and 7,200 patients is what happened next.

In 2020 I started a Master of Human Rights alongside running the clinic, not as a career pivot but because I couldn't stop thinking about it. That led to work with Airwars investigating civilian casualties in Ukraine, Gaza and Syria, with Human Rights Watch on refugee detention, and with the Australian Red Cross as a Humanitarian Observer in immigration detention. Alongside that, I coordinated national disaster relief across three states during the bushfires and floods of 2020 to 2022.

In 2025 I founded Ciclo Melbourne, the only clinic in Melbourne built purely around cyclists. In 2026 I moved to Madrid with my family, and took part in the emergency rehabilitation simulation exercise (SIMEX) in Lyon with the Rehabilitation Division of Humanity & Inclusion.

We moved to Madrid so my partner could grow her jewellery business, Cleopatra's Bling, and so our daughter could grow up speaking Spanish and French.