The team
The people closing the loop
The team
Santiago Denari
Chief Executive Officer
Founder, and original architect of the closed-loop algorithm. Leads business development and the day-to-day running of the company.
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Oliver Case
Head of Science
Founder, and patient number one. Leads the science programme and the university research studies. Named DysConf2026 Innovator of the Year for the work behind nomad.
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Tanmay Burde
Head of Engineering
Leads engineering across hardware and firmware, turning the closed-loop system into a manufacturable device.
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Callum Shingleton Smith
Lead Hardware Engineer
Developing the system architecture that fits a closed loop around the ear.
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Guadalupe Alvarez
Industrial Design & Social Media
Shapes how nomad looks and how it is seen: the industrial design of the device, and the voice it carries in public.
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Magnus Bruce
Research & Operations
Leads outreach and stakeholder engagement across nomad's university research partnerships.
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Ben Black
Operations
Runs operations and strategy: the machinery turning a working prototype into a shipping device. Serves on the board.
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Manuel Hidalgo Sola
Application Development
Builds the companion application: the surface where readings, calibration, and clinician feedback live.
Aoife Skuse
Women's Health Researcher
Researching the application of nomad's next-generation technology to pain management across the menstrual cycle, with the University of Bath.
The Board
Santiago Denari
Chief Executive Officer
Founder. Leads business development and day-to-day running.
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Head of Science
Founder. Leads the science programme and the university research studies.
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Operations
Runs operations and strategy.
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Lt Col Dr Guy Winters
Director, Strategic Governance
Medical and strategic governance: the scrutiny the loop answers to.
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Prof. Imanuel Lerman
Medical Advisor
Advises the clinical programme from UC San Diego, one of nomad's four university partners.
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Dr. Rohan Kandasamy
Medical Advisor
Clinician and researcher at University College London.
Strategic Advisors
Prof. Steve Alty
Engineering Advisor
Advises on signal processing and wearable engineering.
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Anders Borg
Strategic Advisor
Former Managing Director at KKR. Advises on institutional and strategic direction.
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Ben Newton
Strategic Advisor
Strategic advisor to the founding team.
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Dr. Ali Hawks
Strategic Advisor
Advises on strategy and market development.
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Patrik Nilsson
Supply Chain Resilience
Advises on supply chain architecture for precision hardware manufacturing.
Ben Skuse
Advisor
Advises the founding team.
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Rubén Ruiz-Mateos Serrano
Materials Advisor
Advises on materials.
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David Gudgin
Strategic Advisor
Chief Executive of Applerigg and Partner at Albion Capital, with over 25 years' experience investing in early-stage businesses.
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Santiago Tello
Strategic Advisor
Technology investor and board advisor, backing companies from early stage through to institutional growth. Advises on fundraising, strategy and commercial scale-up.