B.Optom (Hons.), MBA, PhD, FBCLA
Co-founder & Director of Business Development at nthalmic
President of Asia Optometric Management Academy
Chairman of Advisory Council of Asia Optometric Congress
Regional Director of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) Asia-Pacific
Dr. Tan is a co-founder and the Director of Business Development at nthalmic. Prior to this, he served as a Business Development Director at Brien Holden Vision Institute, CEO of Brien Holden Vision Institute (China), Associate Program Director of the University of Manchester’s Optometry Program in Singapore; and worked in different management and commercial positions in CIBA Vision/Novartis, Ocular Sciences and CooperVision for Greater China and Asia-Pacific region.
Currently he serves as the President of Asia Optometric Management Academy, Chairman of Advisory Council of Asia Optometric Congress, Regional Director of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) Asia-Pacific. He is affiliated with many optometric professional associations in Asia, and a committee member in the myopia white paper coordinated by the International Myopia Institute on ‘Industry Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Myopia Control Report’.
Kah Ooi is a Fellow of the British Contact lens Association (BCLA) and a recipient of ‘2019 Global Outstanding Youth Leader Award’ by Asia Weekly Magazine in Hong Kong.
Kah Ooi’s main interests are in contact lenses, optometric management and business aspects of optometry particularly the trend and evolution of the optical industry in Asia.