Ahmet Tezel

Ahmet Tezel, PhD, possesses extensive experience in medical device innovation and research, currently serving as the Incoming Chief Innovation Officer at LivaNova. Previously, Ahmet held key leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson MedTech as Company Group Chairman and Global Head of Innovation and R&D, and at Ethicon, Inc. as Worldwide Vice President of Research & Development. Ahmet's career also includes significant positions at Alcon, where responsibilities included Surgical Franchise Head and Vice President of Intra-Ocular Lens R&D, as well as at Allergan, where roles encompassed Vice President of Research & Product Development for Medical Devices. Academic credentials include a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and an M.Sc in Chemical Engineering from Boğaziçi University.