Jennifer Golden - CEO & Co-Founder
Jennifer spent her early career as a senior marketeer in blue chip FMCG companies United Biscuits and Lyons Tetley involved in big budget brand launches and new product development. Seeing an opportunity to transfer these skills into a new business environment, in 1990 Jennifer launched the first branded, high street retail cosmetic dentistry chain - ‘Dentics' - based in central London. Jennifer pioneered the market for cosmetic dentistry in the UK before exiting successfully via a trade sale to a corporate dental group in 2001. After subsequently completing various consultancy assignments, she has worked full-time since late 2005 developing and implementing the Business Plan for i-GO .
Malcolm Hughes - Chairman & Co-Founder
Malcolm's career has involved a range of senior executive positions including Ladbrokes where he was MD of the football betting operations and led a consortium bidding for the first National Lottery operator's licence. He was then CEO of the Management Consulting Group plc where he completed a successful turnaround before he invested in and took over as CEO of a start-up corporate dental business, Oasis Healthcare Plc. This he floated on AIM in 2000 and built it to become the largest dental practice business in Europe before being acquired in 2007 by Duke Street Capital Partners LLP. He was also until recently Chairman of AIM-listed Synexus Clinical Research Plc which has was acquired by Lyceum Capital Partners LLP. Malcolm is a Non-Executive Director of Optimed Limited, a specialist healthcare digital media business.
Shelly Bansal FBDO, (Hons)CL, FBCLA - Head of Professional Services
Shelly is a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association and a highly experienced practicing UK optician with extensive knowledge of OVC. He is a leading speaker and well-known presenter within the optical profession who is also retained by several major optical manufacturers to support their educational programmes. He is responsible for practitioner training, for addressing the day-to-day clinical issues raised by i-GO practitioners and for liaising with our OVC lens partner, Euclid Systems Corporation, on the more difficult cases.
Dr Trusit Dave PhD, BSc(Hons), MCOptom, FAAO - Independent Clinical Advisor
Trusit is a leading researcher and writer on a variety of ophthalmic topics and has particular knowledge and experience in topography. He is also a practising optometrist, a strong advocate for OVC and is co-author of the definitive text "Orthokeratology: Principles and Practice". He operates independently of i-GO's day-to-day activities by providing advice on relevant clinical developments and supporting the Company in its activities with the optical profession. He has also led i-GO's initiative with TOPCON to create proprietary topography software for the OVC application
