Yacov Geva

Dr Yacov Geva is a well-known pioneer in the industry of medical technologies and remote patient monitoring services. As the founder of LifeWatch AG (former Card Guard AG and Card Guard Scientific Survival), he successfully led the company to an IPO. Up until 2014, Dr Geva was a member, chair and chief executive of LifeWatch AG. From 1979 to 1989, Dr Geva was chief mechanical engineer with Vishay Israel, a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology USA. He holds a BSc in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, a PhD. (with honours) in Business Administration from the International School of Management, Paris and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brooks University. Dr Geva is also a senior member of the Royal Society of Medicine in the UK (RSM).