MedTech Innovator APAC Mentors and Judges

Ajay Nair has more than 22 years’ experience in the Global Medical Device Industry, having held positions in New Product Development, Sales, Sales Education, International Marketing and Market Access, with multi-national companies (Ethicon Inc., Covidien, Eli Lilly, Medtronic) along with 10+ years of roles in leadership (General Management and Global Vice President) and increasing P&L responsibilities at Ossur and most recently WillowWood Global. Ajay’s expertise is in developing market entry strategies and leading cross-functional teams to launch products and services in target markets. His experience spans launching products in the US, EMEA and for almost 11 years within Asia Pacific inclusive of China. He now leads the international business for The Mullings Group (TMG) and is based in the Asia Pacific Region, splitting his time between Singapore and Perth, Australia. He holds a MBA in International Business and Marketing from the Thunderbird Global School of Management and a degree LinkedIn

With 20 years of experience at Johnson & Johnson in various commercial roles, I co-founded Blue Box Advancements with the sole purpose of delivering commercial impact for health care companies. LinkedIn

Aki has been President and CEO of LINK-J since its foundation in 2016. LinkedIn

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Alex Joseph leads the Integrated Mechanical Systems group in Cambridge Consultants' Medical Technology Division. He primarily works on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects as a system lead. LinkedIn

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VALUE ADDITIONAlok MishraCEO, Value AdditionAlok Mishra is CEO Value Addition focused on helping Medtech companies build capabilities in strategy and marketing. He has recently retired after 20 years at Johnson & Johnson MedTech Asia Pacific in va LinkedIn

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Amy Siegel founded S2N Health, where she brings over 20 years of strategic marketing experience to her company. Prior to S2N, she worked in guiding new product development and strategic partnering efforts and consulted for dozens of medtech companies. LinkedIn

Dr Anand serves as Group CEO of Govin Capital, a Singapore-headquartered company focused on Biomedical & Pharma Venture investments & BioEntrepreneurship. Dr Anand is Asia’s leading deep-tech investor specializing in pharma, biotech & digital healthcare. He has 22 years of active investment management experience and has recently been honoured by Linkedin as "Top Venture Capital Voice". Dr Anand is a regular invitee for expert talks on Biomedical Entrepreneurship at Europe’s leading business management school- ESCP (France), ESA (Lebanon) Business School, NTU Business School Singapore, IIM Indore, IIM Kashipur & University of Hyderabad.Prior to GOVIN, Anand served as the Senior Vice President & Head of the Investment & Spin-Off Management Division at Exploit Technologies-A*STAR, Commercialisation arm of Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore and member of Direct Investments Life Sciences team at Temasek Holdings, Singapore. LinkedIn

The integrated global marketing strategies, content production and management that Andrea has led across medical and high technology sectors have resulted in increased revenue and strong brand presence in target markets. LinkedIn

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Anne DeGheest, founder of MedStars and HealthTech, pioneered the HealthTech/Digital Health space as a healthcare executive, entrepreneur, angel investor, corporate advisor, and mentor capitalist. LinkedIn

Anselm Tan is Managing Director at Heritas Capital, an investment firm that backs companies driving impact in healthcare and other sectors. Anselm serves on evaluation panels for the funding of healthcare innovations. Previously, he was Partner at Philips Ventures, where he launched health technology venture investing for Philips in APAC. LinkedIn

Anthony joined USP in 2018 when he established the USP Asia Pacific office in Singapore. As part of the Regions and Program Operations Division, he is responsible for leading and overseeing all externally facing functions in the Asia Pacific region. As leader of the Asia Pacific region, Anthony leads teams, including Strategic Customer Development, Government and External Affairs and Scientific Affairs, in the strategic development and execution of strategies to advance public health in the region through the development and utilization of USP quality standards to enhance the quality of medicines, dietary supplements and foods. In his role, Anthony also supports operational units including the Science Division and Education. He focuses on establishing strong and collaborative relationships with leading industry and public stakeholders to bring USP’s scientific expertise, capability building and public standards closer to the region to strengthen the supply of medicines. LinkedIn

Internationally experienced R&D executive and product innovator with 20+ years' success driving excellence and transforming organizations to accelerate time-to-market, improve product quality, and reduce costs. A global cross-functional leader who guides teams in R&D, strategy execution, business development, and market expansion. A change agent who drives consensus across all functions and organizations. Champion of execution excellence and innovation who transforms challenges into opportunities throughout the product lifecycle. Passion for bringing innovation to the healthcare space to deliver affordable healthcare solutions. Strategist who defines corporate vision. Problem solver with a technical and commercial background and an outside-the-box approach who removes growth barriers. Organization builder who grows successful, global operations. Open Innovation expert who builds strategic partnerships to commercialize new technologies for major corporations. LinkedIn

Medical device executive with over 15 years of broad industry experience rooted in commercialization strategy and product development; 8+ years focused on assisting C-level executives and their companies achieve commercial success, while shaping policy an LinkedIn

A seasoned business leader with ~25 years of experience across Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics and Health Tech, Ashwin spent the last 16 years in Global, Regional and Country leadership roles at McKinsey & Co, Nokia and Philips living, learning and working across Asia Pacific and Europe. He has had the good fortune to get a ring side view of Regional and Global Strategy development, New Business Incubation, M&A, Operational turnarounds and Country management.  A passionate advocate of Open Innovation, he led the set up of Philips APAC Corporate Ventures and steered the first few investments into relevant regional HealthTech start-ups. An alumnus of NTU (EEE) and INSEAD (MBA, Gen Management), he is back at his alma mater, NTU in a Venture Building role, to help create DeepTech spinoffs (Healthcare, Robotics, Automation) from the University’s research. LinkedIn

A seasoned business leader with ~25 years of experience across Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics and Health Tech, Ashwin spent the last 16 years in Global, Regional and Country leadership roles at McKinsey & Co, Nokia and Philips living, learning and working across Asia Pacific and Europe. He has had the good fortune to get a ring side view of Regional and Global Strategy development, New Business Incubation, M&A, Operational turnarounds and Country management.  A passionate advocate of Open Innovation, he led the set up of Philips APAC Corporate Ventures and steered the first few investments into relevant regional HealthTech start-ups. An alumnus of NTU (EEE) and INSEAD (MBA, Gen Management), he is back at his alma mater, NTU in a Venture Building role, to help create DeepTech spinoffs (Healthcare, Robotics, Automation) from the University’s research. LinkedIn

Medtech R&D with 25+ years experience in leading R&D organizations, technology and innovation. Passionate driver of Digital health technologies and business model innovations. LinkedIn

In Boon Sun's career of 34 years, he has worked in sales, marketing, CRM, education and strategy. He has mastered managing a business as one holistic entity and his current passion is to share knowledge to support budding enterprises in Asia Pacific. LinkedIn

Brian Hakim, MS, MBA, is in charge of business development for MedTecX, a global medtech accelerator based in Shanghai, China. MedTecX creates solutions centered around major diseases with unmet needs. LinkedIn

Based in Shanghai, China, a proven sales leader with over 15 years of experience in medical device, diagnostic market. With engineering background, coupled with strong industry and regulatory knowledge, providing winning solutions to global and asia-leadi LinkedIn

Chris' particular area of emphasis is around fostering public-private partnerships so as to bring safe, effective, and economically-viable medical innovations to those in need. LinkedIn

Christopher Hall's expertise is in B2B and B2C wearables and digital health. As Managing Director for Marula Health, he advises companies on GTM and commercial strategy across markets.Mr. Hall has held leadership roles at Fitbit, and J&J in APAC. LinkedIn

A dynamic and entrepreneurial leader with over 20 years of proven accomplishment in driving success in global healthcare organisations. LinkedIn

Expertise in commercial and operational strategy including portfolio optimization, distribution management, business development and licensing. LinkedIn

Colin is the investment director of Coronet Ventures. He has worked in healthcare startups in the US and Singapore, focusing on fund raising, medical device project management, operations, product design and development. His experience includes taking projects through conceptualization, verification, clinical trials, regulatory approvals, manufacturing and commercialization. Colin has managed and worked on a diverse range of projects from tissue engineering of vascular substitutes to ocular implants, glucose monitoring, endoscopy, orthopedic, and cardiovascular products. He completed his Master’s in Bioengineering from Stanford University and Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. LinkedIn

Cristiano is a co-founder of CrossBay Medical and has over 15 years’ experience in the Healthcare environment. He began his career as a product specialist for Cremascoli Medical, a distribution company for important international medtech brands in Italy. LinkedIn

Liu works in AP Strategy & Business Development at Siemens Healthineers based in Singapore. LinkedIn

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Daniel is Managing Partner at Hunniwell Lake Ventures. He was a career CFO/COO who has directly led 29 investments, totaling more than $500 million. He has been involved in the medical devices space since 2007. LinkedIn

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David has 29 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, device and diagnostic industry leadership experience in market access, reimbursement, government affairs, sales and marketing. LinkedIn

Dr Capes has over 35 years of experience leading organizations and teams in the biomedtech industry, in senior executive, Board of Directors and Advisory Board member roles, providing inspiring leadership, driving innovation and execution, mentoring & developing talent, and delivering customer value and business outcomes. Broad experience in multinational, SME and start-up environments, and leading teams in Singapore, China, Australia, India, USA and Japan. LinkedIn

Dr Capes has over 35 years of experience leading organizations and teams in the biomedtech industry, in senior executive, Board of Directors and Advisory Board member roles, providing inspiring leadership, driving innovation and execution, mentoring & developing talent, and delivering customer value and business outcomes. Broad experience in multinational, SME and start-up environments, and leading teams in Singapore, China, Australia, India, USA and Japan. LinkedIn

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17 years’ experience in Medtech, with last 12 years in medical devices Successfully launched 6 new devices in the ANZ market over the last 10 years Post graduate in Business Administration LinkedIn

Dr Tan Ee Lim is from the Innovation and Enterprise division at the National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC), a nationally appointed programme office that works with Public Health Institutions across Singapore to identify and commercialise promising clinical innovations. Currently, he leads a few schemes that support the translation and development of medical innovations towards a market- ready product, and provides strategic guidance and connection to industry partners, accelerating the pathway to impact in healthcare. Prior to NHIC, he was a Principal Investigator at A*STAR Research Institute where he worked with both local and international stakeholders in developing microelectronic device solution for clinical applications. Ee Lim holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and was a recipient of the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Fellowship. LinkedIn

Elane has academic, executive management, director, and management consulting experience in life sciences and medical technologies. Her experience includes private sector, universities, Cooperative Research Centers, and government committees. LinkedIn

Elpis is a healthcare research executive and entrepreneur with proven leadership skills and extensive experience building, operating and leading large, complex clinical studies, supporting scientific strategy, and providing overall project management. LinkedIn

Innovation Lead for Johnson and Johnson Medical Korea. LinkedIn

Fabio has over 20 years of experience working with clients to diagnose, design and implement strategies and organizations in Medtech and Healthtech in Asia Pacific, Europe and the AmericasHe is Executive Director of the L.E.K. APAC Life Sciences Centr LinkedIn

Felicia is Business Development Lead and Senior Manager for Strategic Market Development for Asia Pacific LinkedIn

Felix is an M.D. with a passion for business, healthcare & technology. He utilizes his holistic view of the healthcare market, technology and the Asia-Pacific region to empower healthcare providers. LinkedIn

Feras Mahdi, a partner at L.E.K. Consulting in Singapore, specializes in healthcare with over 20 years of industry experience, including 17 in medtech and a decade in business consulting across over 25 countries. Leading teams to enhance healthcare institutions' performance and growth, he focuses on using data for improving clinical, business, and social outcomes. Advising on operations optimization and patient centricity, his background encompasses leadership roles in healthcare consulting, medtech, and startups, with an academic foundation in life sciences, internal medicine, and business. Feras is interested in business resilience, organizational development, AI in healthcare, and disability rights in the workplace. Feras holds an MD and residency in Internal Medicine from the American University of Beirut in addition to an MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. LinkedIn

Fiona Chng is the Regional Marketing Director for Cerenovus in the Asia Pacific region at Johnson & Johnson. She is a key member of the Global Cerenovus leadership team and is responsible for developing innovative solutions in interventional neurovascular to benefit patients in the APAC region. Fiona has an extensive background in the healthcare industry, with over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, focusing specifically on the neurovascular field. LinkedIn

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Dr Fong Ming Koh is a Principal at LYFE Capital, a global healthcare investment platform dedicated to advancing the healthcare landscape through strategic value creation. LYFE’s diverse investment portfolio spans the entire healthcare sector, encompassing therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and emerging sub-sectors across North America and Asia. Prior to joining LYFE, Fong was the Head of Life Sciences at Heritas Capital, a Singapore-based healthcare-focused impact fund manager. A developmental biologist by training, he has extensive research experience spanning pluripotent stem cells, epigenetics and cancer. Dr Koh received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco. LinkedIn

Fredrik Nyberg brings 30 years of healthcare industry experience, 25 of which were spent in Asia Pacific, including China and Japan. Most recently he was the founding CEO of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), based in Singapore. LinkedIn

Gabriel is a senior B2B strategic relationship builder and connector, with nearly three decades’ experience, who has been directly involved in scaling businesses, including startups, commercial companies and non-profit organisations. LinkedIn

Gary leads Health Advances’ Hong Kong office and is focused on growing the firm’s practice in the Asia Pacific with pharma, biotech, medtech, and private equity firms. Gary brings over three decades of healthcare experience in general management (Aventis, Chiron, and Biosite) and mergers and acquisitions (Alere and Becton Dickinson) in the Asia Pacific region. He has expert knowledge in the fields of oncology and cardiovascular medicine in pharma, and point of care expertise in diagnostics. During his fourteen years at Novartis, he managed the global launch of one of the leading medicines in the oncology portfolio. While at BD, Gary identified over fifty acquisition, licensing, and partnership targets in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India and led the integration of Carefusion in the Greater Asia region. Immediately prior to joining Health Advances, Gary was a Partner/Managing Director at Stout Bluepeak Asia where he worked in portfolio planning, mergers & acquisitions, an LinkedIn

Gary Haywood is Business Development Manager for Design & Industry, Australia’s largest and leading product design and development studio. D+I’s team of over 40 designers and engineers conduct in excess of 160 development projects a year. LinkedIn

Gary is a technology commercialisation professional who brings significant experience to roles such as Company Director, Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member, Independent Expert and Mentor. LinkedIn

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Gigi develops education and training strategies to support company business development. LinkedIn

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Dr. Guo is the Medical Director of Pureland Group. She oversees the medical affairs and evaluates medical device companies from clinical perspectives. Prior to relocating to Singapore, she was a general surgeon practicing at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in China and was trained in multiple departments during her residency. Dr. Guo has a strong medical background of clinical practice and a deep understanding of China healthcare system. In addition, she is familiar with medical device companies in terms of product development, quality standards, regulatory approval, and commercialisation strategies while working in the operations teams at start-ups and Singapore private hospitals before joining Pureland. She was a visiting research scholar at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University with a focus on genetics and immunology research. LinkedIn

Hajime Oshita is a President & CEO of MedVenture Partners, Inc., a Japanese VC focused on medical device. Hajime has been in medical device industry since 1997, and half of his career is in VC and the remaining half is in medtec companies. LinkedIn

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Leading digital health strategic partnerships for Olympus' Digital Health Unit. LinkedIn

Jack Moorman is the Principal at LeVaunt, a consulting firm providing advisory services to companies and organizations, particularly early stage ventures in the fields of healthcare and consumer products. LinkedIn

Business strategist and general management leader with extensive experience with multinational and start-up organizations in the global medical device and biotechnology industry. Multiple assignments in intellectual property strategy, manufacturing, finance, sales and marketing, research and development, licensing and business development in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. Possess world-class skills in the development and roll-out of strategies that maximize the value of patents, copyright, trademarks and other IP rights. As the Founder of Intent IP, I leverage my medtech industry experience, having navigated the intricate pathways of innovation, patenting, and commercialization. My desire to assist clinicians with inventive ideas stems from my deep-seated understanding of the transformative impact these innovations can have on patient care and the medical field at large. LinkedIn

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Jamie is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. He is skilled in medical devices, marketing, cross-functional teams and leadership. LinkedIn

Jeff is originally from the US and has a background in both electrical and mechanical product design and development. He also spent more than 20 years leading international manufacturing start-ups and supply chain development LinkedIn

Jeff is originally from the US and has a background in both electrical and mechanical product design and development. He also spent more than 20 years leading international manufacturing start-ups and supply chain development LinkedIn

Jeff Weisel has more than 25 years’ experience in APAC and other emerging markets, working with leading life sciences organizations on issues of strategic and business innovation, and access to healthcare. His experience has encompassed executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry and leadership of Big 4 consulting practices. In market access leadership roles with AbbVie and Novartis, he helped deliver the success of top global brands and he also played a key role in industry policy engagement with PhRMA. He has extensive experience in the area of innovative financing models with both public and private payers. He has served on the Board of Governors of AmCham Singapore, lectured on market access strategy at ESSEC Business School, and contributed to the development of the life sciences sector in Singapore through appointments in government and academia. Jeff holds an MA in Asian Studies and Economics from George Washington University. LinkedIn

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Jens Krink is a distinguished figure in the healthcare sector, with more than 30 years of experience. His journey in the industry commenced in Germany, where he held different positions up to Managing Director at a leading software company specializing in hospital information systems. LinkedIn

Jim Warren joined Jabil in 1998 after graduating from the University of Florida with a Finance and Economics degree and continues his education with ASQ as a Black Belt. LinkedIn

Jim is an engineer turned entrepreneur. With a master’s in both Biomedical Engineering Product Development and Entrepreneurship, he blends the business with the technical. LinkedIn

I have over six years in healthcare innovations, corporate finance and business strategy with one of the largest healthcare providers in AsiaI have worked at Apollo Hospitals, India leading the business diligence team at Apollo Research and Innovations LinkedIn

"With ~20 years of experience in healthcare, across Biotech, Pharma and MedTech, I'm an enthusiast for innovation and technology transformation and how these can positively contribute to people’s health. My international experience from living & working in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific has given me a perfect platform to gain insights into innovative business models, disruptive go-to-market approaches and how to lead high performance multi-cultural teams. My current role at Smith+Nephew as Senior Vice President and General Manager Sports Medicine International has me leading a sizeable multi-cultural commercial organisation with full P&L responsibility across Asia and Europe. Prior to that I was the Managing Director for our India and ASEAN business. Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company that designs, manufactures and supplies products for orthopaedic reconstruction, sports medicine, wound management and other surgical specialties. LinkedIn

Experienced business leader and healthcare professional with strong commercial acumen and proven history of delivering high-profile new market entry and international business expansion projects across multiple health care industry domain including hospital services and infrastructure development, managed medical equipment and technology services, private investment and bi/multi-lateral development financing, government tenders and large scale population health management programs, and international health care accreditation and quality improvement consulting services business across Asia Pacific, Central Asia and the Middle East regions. LinkedIn

Jonathan Hakim has more than twenty years of experience in Greater China with a focus on Healthcare, Venture Capital and IT. Jonathan is currently a Partner for RunYoung TTO, Vice President of ECM Medical, and Founder of Healthcare Drinks. LinkedIn

Joseph is the Managing Partner of Verge HealthTech Fund focusing on early stage healthcare technology companies relevant to emerging markets. LinkedIn

Joshua leads the Office of Strategic Partnership Development (OSPD) at SGH, which is set up to establish, foster and develop strategic partnerships with innovation industry partners that are aligned to SGH’s strategic objectives. As the front door of SGH, OSPD partners with relevant stakeholders to realise strategic partnerships in a proactive, planned, consistent, and seamless way. Joshua has almost a decade of working closely with start-up founders to structure their business for growth, facilitating access to capital and connections. Prior to SGH, Joshua has extensive experience in fostering strategic partnerships, executing early-stage innovation programmes, new product development, strategy planning and investment in healthcare innovations Joshua is a biomedical engineer by training, and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as Master of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. LinkedIn

D+I is a globally leading product design and development consultancy, with a team of 80+ specialist designers and engineers between our Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle studios. For 37 years, we have been the leaders in product innovation, winning over 260+ local and international awards for design and engineering excellence. This is an acknowledgement of our ability to deliver best-in-class solutions for diverse international markets. D+I is a trusted and proven complete product development partner, from initial concepts through to overseeing production. We create agile development teams with diverse skills and specialised knowledge to ensure the best outcome for every project. No project is too big or too small. We can design any product, for any market, any user, any production process, and any production quantity. LinkedIn

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Karen McGoldrick is a highly motivated, results focused, people leader with over 20 years experience in the FMCG sector in both the UK and Australia. LinkedIn

Kathryn Zavala is COO and Managing DIrector for BioTools Innovator. She earned her PhD in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from UCLA. LinkedIn

Kathy is responsible for developing and implementing mid to long term critical strategic initiatives to support sustainable growth of Baxter Asia Pacific. LinkedIn

Kazuhiro manages R&D strategy building and management, innovation management in gastrointestinal endoscopy, general surgery, urology, gynecology, respiratory and ENT as well as open innovation management and technology hunting. LinkedIn

Kellie is an experienced Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She is skilled in Product Management, Medical Devices, Product Launch, and Business Strategy. LinkedIn

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Dr Chong Kian Tai is a urologist practising in Mount Elizabeth Elizabeth Hospital and Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. LinkedIn

Kiyoshi Miyake is a senior expert of Olympus’ Technology Innovation office based in Tokyo. He is responsible for technology scouting and collaboration with startup/academia/company/etc. LinkedIn

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Marcus has more than 15 years of experience in research, strategy and operations within the Biotech and Medtech space. Prior to joining Heritas Capital, Marcus was part of the senior management team at Lerna Biopharma, where he managed business and lab operations across three regions and was involved in fundraising and strategic partnerships. Marcus was also previously the Technical Lead at Advanced MedTech, where he was responsible for building up the company’s in vitro diagnostic manufacturing capabilities for the manufacture of Singapore’s first direct COVID-19 RT-PCR test kit, which was registered in Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe. Prior to Advanced MedTech, Marcus was a biomedical research scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) working on potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy. Marcus graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University and obtained his BSc. in Biochemistry from the University LinkedIn

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Mary Kiang is an entrepreneur-spirited leader experienced in medtech with cross functional international experiences in commercial execution, product marketing, market access, project management, and supply chain. Mary has worked across numerous markets in Asia, North & South America and Europe.  Mary’s professional passion is to bring innovative products to end users with a keen understanding of strategic placement and expansion strategy. Currently, Mary leads business development efforts for Asia in Baxter.  LinkedIn

Masakazu Yagi has been a specially-appointed associate professor at the department of Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University since 2017. LinkedIn

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Matt is a medical device industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the design, development and manufacturing of numerous medical devices. He is the holder of several medical device patents and has designed and commercialized devices for endosco LinkedIn

Physician Scientist turned business leader with over 20 years of experience across clinical medicine, academic research and commercial roles building global businesses in Asia, EU and the US across start-up, academic (NUS) and large organizations. LinkedIn

Physician Scientist turned business leader with over 20 years of experience across clinical medicine, academic research and commercial roles building global businesses in Asia, EU and the US across start-up, academic (NUS) and large organizations. LinkedIn

Driven by an insatiable appetite for current and emerging technologies, Michael has brought his combined Information Systems and Marketing background to the Medical Devices sector with great success. LinkedIn

Michele Fowler-Stewart is Director, New Business Development in Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices group. LinkedIn

Mr. Gillespie is an accomplished merger and acquisition professional with healthcare industry experience and knowledge. Mike has extensive experience in technology scouting, start-up investment, corporate venture capital and larger M&A transactions. LinkedIn

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Nicholas Yeo is lead the Advanced Technology, Centre of Excellence in Johnson & Johnson. He is part of the Enterprise Supply Chain team working on developing world class capabilities and provides technology services for J&J’s core business sectors; pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Nicholas leads a group of subject matter experts focusing on advanced robotics, 3D printing, sensing & IoT and Advanced material. LinkedIn

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Ning is the Business Development Director of Asia Pacific at Baxter LinkedIn

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Paul Grand founded and has managed MedTech Innovator since 2013. He spent eleven years as Managing Director for RCT Ventures, and he co-founded several life science and tech startups. LinkedIn

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Peter leads Business Development in Asia Pacific for Johnson & Johnson Medical Device, focusing his time on seeking new opportunities and partnerships with innovative companies and institutions across the region. LinkedIn

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Pornteera is part of the investment team at Heritas Capital. She has experience across the healthcare sector having worked in life sciences consulting and a medtech startup prior to Heritas Capital. LinkedIn

Dr. Prem Pillay is the Medical Director of a multidisciplinary spine and pain center in Singapore. LinkedIn

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Rahul’s passion is leading large multi-disciplinary teams to combine business strategy, clinical science, and advanced technology to address unmet needs of patients, surgical teams, and hospitals in global markets. LinkedIn

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Raphael is currently responsible for leading APAC Strategy, Marketing & Commercial Excellence at Teleflex, a NYSE-listed & S&P 500 global provider of medical technologies. LinkedIn

Reuben is a sales and marketing specialist at Stryker, a leading global med-tech company, managing the medical surgery portfolio. He holds a bachelor in business administration from IE University, with a deep focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. LinkedIn

Richard is currently a Managing Partner at Hunniwell Lake Ventures. He was the former CEO at Reach Surgical, a surgical instruments company, where he spent 15 years growing the company into an industry-leading brand with presence on six continents. LinkedIn

Rintaro serves as an Executive General Manager of JOHNAN Machinery & Healthcare Appliance Company, being responsible for design and manufacturing of factory-automation equipment, as well as ODM / OEM for medical equipment. LinkedIn

25+ years of experience in the medical device industry with large MedTech multinationals marketing and selling to hospitals, doctors' offices, and retail DTC. Currently Chief Commercial Officer for Xoran Technologies, Point of Care CT. LinkedIn

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Roger Da is currently an Associate Director of New Business Development for Johnson & Johnson MedTech China, supporting external partnerships and M&A in China across all of J&J MedTech’s businesses including Ethicon (surgery), DePuy Synthes (orthopedics), and the Cardiovascular and Specialty Solutions platforms. Prior to his current role, Roger was part of the New Ventures and Early Innovation Partnering team at the Asia Pacific Innovation Center in Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJI). In this role, Roger supported and led the establishment of strategic partnerships for Consumer Health including Skin Care and Self Care, Medical Device and IVDs, and drove commercial business growth through new product/solution co-development collaborations and new business model innovations. Prior to joining JJI, Roger served as Senior Business Development Manager of Terumo (China) Holdings, supporting Cardiovascular, Oncology, Blood Management, Electrophysiology and General Hospital Business in which LinkedIn

As Head of Venture Relations, Ronne manages JLABS’ community of investors in life sciences and healthcare to support the success of JLABS residents. His role is to connect high potential companies and their founders with the right funding partner by establishing and strengthening JLABS’ relationship with investors as well as mentoring and coaching its residents. LinkedIn

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Ryota is a manager at Nipro Medical Corporation. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Osaka University, and has extensive research experience in bioreactor design, cell adherence, and cellular growth. LinkedIn

As Head of JLABS @ Washington, DC, Sally sets the strategic direction and oversees all operational activities for JLABS in the greater Washington metro region, including Maryland and Virginia. LinkedIn

Sam Yoo is a strong advocate for patient care, community value, and the innovation of technology in healthcare. His impactful journey in the sector spans over a decade, starting at Johnson and Johnson MedTech Korea in 2007. His leadership was particularly evident in 2012 with a pioneering project in collaboration with Google Korea, resulting in the development of a diabetes management app for LifeScan Korea, effectively merging healthcare with technology to enhance patient care. Since taking the lead role of APAC robotics and digital solutions of Ethicon APAC in 2019, Sam has introduced significant innovations like NeuWave, Monarch, and Digital solutions into APAC markets, marking substantial advancements in healthcare within the region. His role in spearheading Ethicon APAC's digital transformation further underscores his commitment to innovation. Sam's educational foundations, including a Bachelor's from Yonsei University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northweste LinkedIn

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Seeman has cumulative work experience of 18 years in Business consulting, Strategy, & healthcare Innovation. He has gained his experience from across key industry sectors namely - Healthcare, Public Services, Telcom & IT. LinkedIn

Seemant brings over 22 years of experience in healthcare innovation, business consulting, and strategy. Having led HealthXCapital since its inception, he has been instrumental in creating a smart connected capital platform for healthcare startups in the region. Previously, Seemant served as the CEO – Innovations & Research at Apollo Hospitals where he was responsible for spearheading initiatives related to scouting, evaluating, investing, and commercialising innovations. He also held director positions on the boards of several Apollo Hospitals joint venture entities specialising in bio-banking, cord blood banking, and clinical trials. Prior to his work at HealthXCapital and Apollo Hospitals, Seemant gained diverse experience in business consulting at Ernst & Young, strategy and transformation at Nokia Solutions Networks, and IT consulting at Tata Consultancy Services. Seemant is a graduate of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and has completed executive education programs from Berk LinkedIn

Shikharesh has over three decades of Med Tech sales and marketing experience with deep understanding of clinical workflows in and out of hospital. LinkedIn

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Shyamnath is an accomplished Innovation Leader specialized in fostering breakthrough innovations in healthcare worldwide. He is passionate about developing meaningful innovation through customer-centric approach to improve people’s lives. LinkedIn

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Responsibility in GORE: Responsible for inorganic growth in Asia Pacific Identify strategic alliance and business collaboration opportunities . Experience: Over 10 years of strategy, BD and M&A experience in Medtech industry Worked previously for KPMG and Philips LinkedIn

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Senior Director at Siemens Healthineers' Technology Accelerator with a history of 20 years in the medtech space - including responsibilities in venture technology, business develoment, strategy, product management, R&D, regulatory affairs and other roles. LinkedIn

Stephanie has 16-year experience in healthcare industry (Medical Device & Pharmaceutics & In Vitro Diagnostics) and management experience in first class MNC. LinkedIn

Susumu Nakanishi is Senior Manager and Interim Japan Head of Business Development for J&J MedTech’s businesses and promotes activities to deliver innovations from Japanese universities, startups, large companies etc. to healthcare providers around the world. He serves as a mentor for pitch events such as MHLW/MEDISO and as a commentator of MedTech Academy by University of Tokyo. After graduating from Keio University, he joined Fujifilm in their Accounting and Finance Division. In the Corporate Planning Division, he belonged to the structural reform team to reshape the business from photo to healthcare. Later, he moved to the Medical Division and also worked in R&D to launch new businesses. In 2012, he led a TOB (US995mil) for SonoSite, where he was stationed in Seattle for 4 years as PMI Officer supervising the overall organization. After returning to Japan, he diverted several non-core businesses in the Imaging Division and returned the business to profitability. LinkedIn

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Board Certified physician in Internal medicine and Cardiology Founder and CEO of JOMDD, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), the Japanese first medical device incubator (2012- current) LinkedIn

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Takuya has worked for a major Japanese manufacturer in the R&D and design of various analytical instruments in the biotechnology and medical fields. LinkedIn

Tamir is the Director, Venture Investments for Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc (JJDC), the corporate venture arm of Johnson & Johnson, tasked with supporting the investment process from top to bottom, in Israel, Europe and the US. LinkedIn

Tomoko is Business Development Advisor to Nipro Corporation. She is in charge of due diligence process for a variety of investment, acquisition and partnership opportunities for Nipro. LinkedIn

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Currently working with Baxter and has been in the Asia Pac Med-tech industry for over 7 years focused on emerging market needs from a clinical and business perspective , technology trends, landscape and due diligence to create business impact. LinkedIn

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Wendy is the Co-founder and COO of MedTecX. MedTecX is a Medtech accelerator with first class innovation and accelerator platform. It provides unique turn-key solutions to bring cutting-edge medical technologies into China market to address vast unmet. Wendy has 20 years tenure in Medtech globally, dedicated to commercialize innovative technologies for broad market adoption. She has served in various leadership roles at Medtronic, Edwards and Digital Health company. She has intuitive grasp about the market needs of physicians and patients, and has keen insight in market trend and emerging technologies. LinkedIn

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More than 15 years in medical device industry and currently holding a position in Research and Development department as Head of DfX in BBraun Medical Industries Sdn Bhd, Malaysia. LinkedIn

Yan Lin is Head of Medtech APAC at Cambridge Consultants. With 15 years experience in medical devices design and development, Yan Lin has experience working with start ups and corporates across APAC, Australia, North America and Europe. While each start up is unique, they all go through similar development challenges as they struggle to get a product through a regulatory process. Yan Lin hopes to share her collective experience of working with hundreds of start ups to hopefully help accelerate new founders to success. LinkedIn

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20 years of global business experience. Professional fields include Medical Device, Biotechnology and IT at Start-Up to Fortune 500 companies. LinkedIn

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Yeow Kee leads strategic initiatives to develop and deliver cutting-edge digital solutions and services tailored to meet the unique needs of BBraun across the APAC region. He possesses a deep understanding of both the technical and business aspects of healthcare IT, allowing them to effectively align technology solutions with organisational goals and customer requirements. LinkedIn

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Dr. Zubin J Daruwalla is a doctorpreneur, surgeon, futurist, thought leader, advisor, mentor, and patient and HealthTech advocate. He has delivered over 100 talks and presentations, including multiple keynotes in more than 12 countries and across 5 continents. While Zubin remains a practicing clinician, he is also the Asia Pacific and PwC Singapore Health Industries Leader, sits on PwC’s Global Health Leadership Team, and together with the world’s two most watched surgeons is a co-founder of HiruX. LinkedIn