Neil Verdal-Austin has over 25 years of experience with various medical distribution and manufacturing companies. His experience includes systems development and implementation, business acquisitions, strategic planning, reporting and operations management.
He joined SomnoMed in October 2008 and was chief financial officer for 10 years before becoming chief executive and managing director in November 2018. Mr Verdal-Austin took direct management responsibility for the APAC region including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea for four years from 2014 to 2018.
Prior to joining SomnoMed, Mr Verdal-Austin worked at LifeHealthcare which is the largest Australian healthcare distributor of medical products and devices. He was chief financial officer and a key stakeholder at the Orthomedics Group, a large medical distributor in South Africa.