Ocushield has announced that former Axa Health CEO Keith Gibbs has joined the eye screening service as an adviser.
Gibbs (pictured right) was CEO of Axa Health for 17 years from 2001 to 2018.
Since then he has held several roles as a director or adviser including as non-executive director for Skin Analytics from 2018 to 2020, and non-executive director for Axa Venture Partners (AVP) from 2016 to 2024.
Gibbs is also a non-executive director for MediShout and Clinical Partners, a non-executive chair for PocDoc and a senior adviser for both Medbelle and Genomics.
Dhruvin Patel, CEO of Ocushield (pictured left) said: “Keith has spent decades shaping health insurance, driving better health outcomes at scale, and championing innovation in this space.
“Having someone of his calibre on board is a massive win for us as we continue to push the boundaries of digital eye care.“
Patel added: “Having Keith’s expertise guiding us as we scale, innovate, and build the future of eye care is something I couldn’t be more excited about.
“There’s so much to do in the optical space, it’s like its been slept on in the last two decades – its not caught up, whereas areas like physiotherapy have, and have adopted digital.”
