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Erik Amble is the Founder and Chairman of NeoMed Management. He has over 30 years’ experience of venture capital investing in Europe and the US, with the last 25 years in the healthcare industry. Previously Erik was Chairman of NeoMed AS, an investment advisory firm specialized in the healthcare industry, and President of Origo Ventures AS, a Norwegian private equity firm. Erik is a cofounder and former Chairman of the Norwegian Venture Capital Association.
Since founding NeoMed, he has been a board member of a number of emerging healthcare companies based in Europe and the US. He currently serves on the board of directors of Axonics Modulation Technologies, JenaValve Technology, CorFlow Therapeutics, Sequana Medical and SERCA Pharmaceuticals.
Erik holds a Master of Science degree in Management from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA, and a Doctor of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oslo, Norway.
Michael H. Carrel has served on the board of Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. since March 4, 2019.
Mr. Carrel is President and Chief Executive Officer of AtriCure (NASDAQ: ATRC), a medical device company that provides innovative solutions for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib) and related conditions. Since joining AtriCure, the company has significantly invested in groundbreaking clinical trials for the treatment of AFib, left atrial appendage management and pain management; expanded its market presence within Europe and Asia; and grown the global employee base from 200 to over 600 employees. Under his leadership, AtriCure has acquired two companies, Estech and nContact, adding leading ablation technologies to further its market position worldwide. Mr. Carrel also serves on the Board of Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA).
Before joining AtriCure, Mr. Carrel was President and Chief Executive Officer of Vital Images, a publicly-traded medical imaging software company, President and CEO of Zamba Corp., a publicly-traded technology company, and Chief Financial Officer of NextNet Wireless, a privately-held provider of non-line-of-sight plug-and-play broadband wireless access systems.
Mr. Carrel holds a B.S. in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Carrel has been the Chairman of the Board of Axonics since 2020.
Robert McNamara has served as Axonics' Audit Committee Chairman since November 2018. He is an accomplished senior executive with demonstrated success in public and privately held companies with global operations in highly competitive industries, including medical device, software and high technology. He has extensive experience in initial public offerings (IPOs), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), operations and financial management at early stage, high growth and mature companies. Mr. McNamara has raised significant capital (more than $500M) in public offerings and private placements, while managing investor relations, international operations and strategic planning. As CFO, he has managed and led three IPOs, six acquisitions/mergers, including two exceeding $1B each, and numerous rounds of venture capital funding. In 2015, he was named Acquisition International Magazine’s Texas Healthcare CFO of the Year. He has been the EVP/CFO of four public medical device companies. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Xtant Medical, chairs its Compensation Committee and is a member of its Audit Committee. In addition, he was elected council member and served as mayor of Menlo Park, CA.
Mr. McNamara is a CPA (nonpracticing). He has a B.S. from University of San Francisco and an M.B.A. from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman is a renowned surgeon, healthcare systems expert, and corporate director. Dr. Snyderman currently serves on the boards of Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS) and Axonics Modulation Technologies (NASDAQ: AXNX).
She serves as a Scientific Advisor to start-up companies Cadence and Strand Diagnostics. She sits on the boards of the Albright Institute at Wellesley College and the Fair Food Network. Dr. Snyderman is a Kellogg Fellow and Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Her career includes 15 years working on innovative medical programs and products for General Electric and Johnson & Johnson. She began her corporate career in 2003 at Johnson & Johnson, where she created online medical curricula that J&J marketed to the public. For 10 years, Dr. Snyderman served on the board of General Electric’s Healthymagination, which applied technology solutions to the world’s biggest health challenges.
For more than 30 years Dr. Snyderman was an award-winning Senior Medical Editor at ABC and NBC News. Her skills uniquely span the fields of medicine, science, communication, and global media. Dr. Snyderman spent 25 years as a board-certified, practicing Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon at UC San Francisco and the University of Pennsylvania.
With deep expertise on the intersection of medicine, big data and the media, Dr. Snyderman recently served as a Consulting Professor at the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health and is cofounder of the Stanford University-NBC News Global Media Fellowship.
Dr. Snyderman is a New York Times bestselling author and has traveled the globe extensively, lecturing and reporting from some of the world’s most troubled areas. Her reporting has garnered her the industry’s most distinguished honors including Emmy, DuPont, Edward R. Murrow, and Gracie awards.
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