Intelligent Ultrasound
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Intelligent Ultrasound is unlocking ultrasound for everyone by training clinicians in the classroom, and then supporting and guiding them in the clinic, with real-time AI based image analysis software
Founded out of industry-leading research from three world-class universities – the University of Oxford, Cardiff University and University College London.
Our vision is to harness the power of the new generation of AI algorithms to make ultrasound simpler to use and easier to learn by providing guidance and support to medical professionals whilst they are scanning.
With headquarters in Cardiff (UK) and Alpharetta (USA), our customers are some of the world’s leading medical companies and teaching institutions. We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of technological development in the field of ultrasound imaging.
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Board of Directors
Stuart Gall
Chief Executive Officer
Stuart was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2009. Stuart was a joint founder and executive director of Fusion IP plc, an AIM listed university IP commercialisation company, before its purchase by IP Group plc for £103 million in 2014. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in both small company start-ups and public companies and previously worked at British Airways plc, The Promotions Partnership Limited, Anvil Limited and Toad plc (now 21st Century Technology plc).
Nick Sleep
Chief Technology Officer
Nick was appointed Chief Technology Officer in August 2012. Before joining the Group, Nick ran his own consultancy specialising in providing management support to early stage companies, one of his clients being Intelligent Ultrasound. Nick is a software engineer by background, but has also run companies in areas as diverse as stem cell therapeutics and biofuels. Previous companies include The Technology Partnership, The Automation Partnership, Procognia and Magnecell.
Helen Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Helen was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2020. She is a graduate of Cardiff University where she studied French and Spanish. She qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC in 2004. Prior to joining Intelligent Ultrasound, she held the position of Group Financial Controller of Amerisur Resources Plc, an AIM quoted oil and gas company, and spent over 10 years in various senior group finance and tax roles within Tata Steel Europe.
Ian Whittaker
Chief Operating Officer
IIan was formerly the CEO of Inventive Medical Ltd (IML), the cardio ultrasound simulation company that was acquired by Intelligent Ultrasound in August 2016. Ian previously held roles at Hewlett Packard (HP) in the UK and EMEA. He was appointed to the UK Board in 2002, working as Vice President for HP’s UK Consumer, Imaging and Printing business.
Riccardo Pigliucci
Non-executive Chairman
Riccardo was appointed Chairman of the board of Intelligent Ultrasound in 2012. He has more than 30 years’ experience of guiding private and publically listed high technology companies and brings a wide range of experience in sales, marketing, operations, financing, acquisitions and public offerings within the medical sector. He is a former President, COO, and Board Member of The Perkin Elmer Corporation, has served as CEO of Life Sciences International plc, CEO of Discovery Partners International was on the Board of Dionex, a public company purchased by Thermo Fisher for more than $2 billion in December 2010 and most recently was on the board of DVS Sciences, sold in January 2014 to Fluidigm for $207 million.
Nick Avis
Non-executive Director
Nick was the Scientific Director of Intelligent Ultrasound in its formative years and was appointed to the board of Intelligent Ultrasound in 2006. Nick was one of the architects of the One Wales Research Institute for Visual Computing and the NISCHR BRU in Advanced Medical Image Analysis and Visualisation. He was a founding member of the COSMOS (Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory) and is currently the Executive Dean at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Chester.
Ingeborg Oie
Non-Executive Director
Ingeborg joined the board in May 2021. Ingeborg has outstanding financial, corporate governance and investor relations experience, having been a medical devices and healthcare services analyst at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, CFO of next-generation surgical robotics company, CMR Surgical. Ingeborg is currently Chief Strategy Officer of digital health company Huma. She was also a Non-executive Director of Georgia Healthcare Group, the largest healthcare services provider in Georgia, that prior to its acquisition by Georgia Capital Plc in 2020, was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Michèle Lesieur
Non-Executive Director
Michèle joined the board in September 2021. Michèle has significant experience in the medical imaging industry as well as corporate governance, and investor relations having been CEO of Philips France and General Manager of Philips Healthcare France and most recently CEO of Euronext listed Supersonic Imagine and Non-executive Director of EOS Imaging, a formerly listed software medtech company. Michèle remains Chairman of the Board of Intrasense, a listed software medtech company and Non-executive Director of Prodways Group, a listed 3D printing company.
Christian Guttmann
Non-Executive Director
Dr Guttmann is a recognised leader in shaping the global agenda on AI regulation and standards, as well as having outstanding AI research, development and AI commercialisation experience. He has edited and authored seven books, over 50 publications and has three patents in the field of AI. Christian is currently an Executive Director of the Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) and Vice President and Global Head of Artificial Intelligence and Data at TietoEVRY in Sweden. He has built over 100 novel AI systems and products and has been an organiser / steering committee member at major AI conferences. As a founder of the Nordic AI Institute, he advises governments, thinktanks and businesses around the world.