Management Team

Mr. Zachariou was appointed a Director of the Company in May 2010, Executive Vice President in September 2010 and Chief Executive Officer on January 2, 2014. As CEO, he has responsibility for the sales, marketing and customer functions of both the Vycor and NovaVision divisions. For the past 30 years, Mr. Zachariou has been an active investor in and proprietor of a variety of companies and industries, predominantly in U.S. emerging and growth companies across a broad range of industry sectors. He is an investment manager for Fountainhead Capital Management Limited, an investment company based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

David Cantor has been President of the Company since September 2010 and a Director since January 2010. As President he has responsibility for the clinical, program and product development and manufacturing functions of both the Vycor and NovaVision divisions, as well as their patent and trademark portfolios. Mr. Cantor has over 22 years of experience in Investment Banking with a focus on Mergers and Acquisitions and Equity Capital Raisings. From 2001 – 2005 he was at Citigroup Capital Markets where he was Co-head of its M&A European Business Development Group and subsequently European Head of its Diversified Industrials and Aerospace activities. Prior to Citigroup he was a Managing Director in M&A at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and worked at Lehman Brothers both in New York and London in both the Equity Capital and M&A groups. He is an investment manager of Fountainhead Capital Management Limited, an investment company based in Jersey, Channel Islands. Mr. Cantor has a BSc with Honors from City Business School, London.

Adrian Liddell has been Chairman of the Board and a Director of the Company since January 2010, and serves as the Company’s CFO. As CFO he is responsible for the financial operation of the company, as well as regulatory and legal matters. Mr. Liddell has over 35 years of strategic, corporate and financial advisory and company investment experience. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Liddell was an investment advisor at Phoenix Equity Partners, a European private equity fund. From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Liddell served as a Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and then Citigroup in London. From 1984 to 1998 Mr. Liddell held various positions in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions at Lehman Brothers and Samuel Montagu & Co, in London. He is also an advisor to Fountainhead Capital Management Limited, an investment company based in Jersey, Channel Islands, Mr. Liddell qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 with Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) and holds an MA, Hons. from Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.