Advisory Board

Luc Tissot

Mr. Luc Tissot, Eng. ETHZ, MBA IMD has been President of Tissot Watch Company and member of the SSIH (Omega & Tissot Group) executive committee. Tissot launched the first watch made out of synthetic material, the first watch production plant outside of Switzerland, in Mexico City and later on as the introduction of the electronic watch was leading to the loss of thousand of jobs in Switzerland. He opened the doors of the medical industry to the watchmakers (pacemakers, programmable brain hydrocephalic valve, promoted now by Johnson & Johnson). He launched the Economic Promotion Program of the canton of Neuchatel to attract new foreign companies hiring manpower and qualified personnel to diversify the local industry. Along with this philosophy came the Tissot Economic Foundation, with the motto “profit for human development” to create new companies enhancing local human skills and core competencies. A worldwide network of businessmen and scientists exchanges, information on technologies and markets.

This policy led Tissot to cooperate with scientific institutions and to serve as a member of the executive committee of the Swiss Academy of Engineering and later on to be President of the World Council of Academies of Engineering (CAETS, Washington DC, USA). On the business side, apart of managing his own companies, he participated to various investment groups specialized in company start ups, in Europe and the USA, like the Alta-Berkeley Fund in London, the GIMV in Belgium, Columbine venture capital Fund in Denver, the Woodlands venture-capital Fund and the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), Woodlands near Houston. The Tissot Economic Foundation and the Tissot Network Group joined forces to promote further the network of businessmen and scientists to create new enterprises for human development. A French-Swiss network of innovative companies is now in process within the Interreg EC program.

 

Dr. Martin D. Denz, eHealth Expert

Dr. Martin D. Denz is President of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL), Board member of Swiss eGov Association eCH and President of the Swiss Association for Telemedicine and eHealth. After Board Certifications for General Medicine, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, he completed his education with organizational development, Master Educations in Health Information Management and eGovernance.

Holding key positions at the University Hospital of Zurich and the Swiss Medical Association, he fostered eHealth in Switzerland and thereafter assisted the Swiss Government in developing the National eHealth Strategy. Dr. Martin D. Denz also serves as an expert and advisor for eHealth at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern. Being Director and Board Member of several national and international committees he is innovatively contributing in the fields of Medical Informatics, eHealth, Telemedicine and Telehealth, Business Development in eHealth, Research and Development for Online- Advice, Web-based behavioral support and Integrated HealthCare Services.

Dr. Martin D. Denz currently focuses on activities eHealth and Telehealth, Health Management, Organizational and Strategy Development, eGovernance. Within EHTEL, Dr. Martin D. Denz takes a particularly active role on the issues of sustainable telemedicine.

Publications

• e-CH E-Government-Standards, Switzerland

• SMEs to contribute to delivery of health care and quality of life for ageing society through telemedicine

• Reflections on a decade of eHealth – the second stage in Healthcare Transformation

• Sustainable Telemedicine: Paradigms for future-proof healthcare
  
   

Gerald Michaluk

Gerald Michaluk is the founder and CEO of Marketing Management Services. This is a Glasgow based company with offices in Chicago and Houston. It is ranked as the 5th largest strategic marketing consultancy in the UK and its clients include Global 1000 players such as Compaq Computers and national giants such as Innogy plc.
 
Gerald is a former lecturer in marketing at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is a contributor to Macmillan Dictionary of Marketing and various academic journals, gives seminars, presentations around the world and regularly appears in the Scottish press. Gerald is based in Glasgow, Scotland.
 
He is a member of the Market Research Society, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Chartered Marketer.

 

Baroness Pola Manzila Uddin

Baroness Uddin was raised to the Peerage as Baroness Uddin of Bethnal Green in 1998. She is the only Muslim, female member of the House of Lords. Baroness Uddin’s career background includes being a Youth and Community worker at YWCA, Liaison Officer for Tower Hamlets Social Services, and Manager of Tower Hamlets Women's’ Health Project. Baroness Uddin has special interests in education, health, children, local government, equal opportunities among others.
 
Baroness Uddin has worked in the public and political arena for more than 20 years. She has been a member of House of Lords and the first Muslim women in the House of Lords.
She delivered her expertise as deputy leader London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Non Executive Director Carlton Communications Group PLC, Founder and Treasurer Jagonari Centre, London and many other key positions. She has a vast experience in developing organizational competencies and maximum team efforts.
Her professional experience has been broad ranging and has allowed her to display her varied leadership qualities in both private and public institutions at senior management and board level. She also remains committed to the importance of civic institutions as vital partners in reviving communities.