The board of directors of Gaush Meditech Ltd. announced that Dr. Alexey Nikolaevich Simonov, currently the chief technology officer of Teleon Surgical B.V., has been appointed as the chief technology officer of the Company with effect from March 31, 2023. Dr. Simonov is responsible for the management of the research and development of the Group. The biographical details of Dr. Simonov are set out as follows: Dr. Simonov, aged 51, is a self-starter with over 20 years of entrepreneurial and corporate research and development experiences in optical device industry (ophthalmic optics).

Dr. Simonov started his career as an assistant professor in Lomonosov Moscow State University from May 2000 to October 2001, where he studied adaptive optics and high-precision measurements using dynamic holograms and lectured and taught physics to undergraduates. Later, Dr. Simonov served as a postdoctoral researcher in University of Groningen in Netherlands from November 2001 to October 2003 and then in Technical University of Delft in Netherlands from November 2003 to December 2006. From January 2007 to September 2018, Dr. Simonov served as the chief technical officer in AkkoLens International B.V., where he is primarily responsible for coordination of technical product development with the focus on novel ophthalmic medical devices.

Dr. Simonov also served as the scientific and engineering consultancy in Flexible Optical B.V. from 2005 to 2006 and in Procornea (Oculentis) Nederland B.V. from 2005 to 2015, respectively. From October 2018 to October 2020, Dr. Simonov served as the Global Head of Optics and Metrology in HOYA Surgical Optics, where he led the development of product portfolio from idea to product. Since November 2020, Dr. Simonov has been serving as the chief technology officer in Teleon, where he is responsible for overseeing the technology and product development of Teleon.

Dr. Simonov received a combined bachelor's and master's degree in physics and a doctor's degree in laser physics and adaptive optics from Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russian Federation in January 1995 and June 2000, respectively.