Benny founded Vagelos Partners to help UK and European life science companies bring their innovations to Asian markets. He leads the firm's work across market entry, strategic partnerships, licensing and business development.

His approach is relationship-driven and grounded in a clear understanding of each company's objectives — identifying the opportunities where the right connections and commercial strategy can help promising innovations reach wider markets.

May guides companies through the regulatory and quality requirements of bringing medical devices, diagnostics and therapeutics to Asian markets. She is founder of ARQon, the Asia Regulatory & Quality Consultancy, headquartered in Singapore with twelve offices across Asia and globally, and also leads SofLanding, a business and AI solution, Attopolis, a B2B medical platform, and CuraNation, a B2C wellness platform.

A former regulator with Singapore's Health Sciences Authority and Global Regulatory Director at Biosensors, the drug-coated stent manufacturer, she advises incubators and organisations including IPI, NHIC, Medtech Actuator, Rushes, Growflair and PMG in Singapore and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute in South Korea, and delivers the Medical Device School programme with Temasek Polytechnic and UniMap.

She holds an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from NTU, a Graduate Diploma in MedTech Manufacturing from SIMtech, a BSc in Biochemistry & Microbiology from UPM and an Honorary Doctorate in Business Management & Leadership. An A*STAR scholar, she has served as ASEAN-Med Co-chair and on the Singapore Manufacturing Federation's EXCO, Council and Youth Chair, and was named Mrs Singapore Women of the Universe 2025.

Akiko helps international biotech and healthtech companies evaluate and enter the Japanese market — assessing where a technology fits, mapping pharmaceutical companies, biotech partners and research institutions, and validating market interest through research and early outreach.

She brings more than fourteen years across genomics, life science research and global marketing, including nearly eight years at Genomelink, a Y Combinator-backed genomics startup that grew from 10,000 to over a million users, and she serves as Japan Partner for Pauling.AI, supporting the Japan expansion of its AI-enabled drug discovery platform. She is based in Tokyo.