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Australian entrepreneur, Mel Braham. It was established as Arana Trading Company (1983) and had several other names including Cavendish Hair Clinic Limited (1984), Harley Medical Centre Limited (2013), Harley Medical Group Limited (2014) and THMG Limited (since
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