Team

Meet the team

Founders

Robert Derricotte

Co-CEO and Founder:

Over 30 years of life science management experience with Searle, Pharmacia/Pfizer, UCB Pharma. COO & Co-Founder of Amblyotech, acquired by Novartis in 2020.

Michael Hopson

Co-CEO and Founder:

Over 28 years in banking, with roles at Citibank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Natixis, and Barclays. He's been a venture capital investor and advisor to start-ups for 12+ years. He also served on the board of Amblyotech.

Grant Searchfield, PhD

CSO and Founder:

Professor of Audiology at the University of Auckland. Deputy Director Eisdell Moore Centre for Hearing and Balance. Founder of the University of Auckland hearing andTinnitus Clinic. Thirty years of experience in the clinical management of tinnitus.

Scientific Advisory Board Members

Jinsheng Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the Laboratory of Tinnitus and Auditory Neuroscience Research

Maria Kleinstaeber, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Clinical/Counseling Specialization in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University

Tricia Sheehan Scaglione, AuD

Clinical Audiologist, Tinnitus Specialist and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the American Academy of Audiology Foundation

Dirk De Ridder, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ

Nigel Sallis, AuD

Clinical Audiologist and Managing Director of the Hearing Institute in Auckland, NZ

Jan Dungan, AuD

Clinical Audiologist and Founder of the Appalachian Audiology Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee