The Board

Colin Dawson - Chairman

Colin has been the chairman of the board for 9 years. He has been a senior executive in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare sectors and is the founding partner of health consulting and investment banking firm Medicus Capital. He is an inaugural CEO of Otago Innovation and Chartered Fellow of the NZ Institute of Directors.

Dist. Prof. Geoff Chase

Geoff is very experienced in research and technology advancements in both the structural and biomedical engineering sector. He has over 1,500 international journal and conference papers, as well as 33 awarded or pending patents. He is the Deputy Director of the Medical Technology Centre of Research Enterprise and Director of the MedTech Portfolio of the NZ National Science Challenge. Further he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr Richarn Wien

Richard is a strategic business development expert and has 34+ years experience at the Eastman Kodak Company, responsible to the development of products with over $1B in total revenue. He also has a PhD in Physical Chemistry and has 35 awarded patents.