Dean is a consultant and surgeon at Auckland Eye, his main interest is correcting focusing errors including myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia. 

Dean is the only RANZCO recognised fellowship-trained refractive surgeon in New Zealand.  He is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and tutor to New Zealand ophthalmic registrars. In 2009 he received an award for excellence in registrar training and is a sought after lecturer and educator by GP’s, optometrists, ophthalmology trainees and ophthalmic companies. 

Dr Sonya Bennett is a founder and Director of City Eye Specialists. Sonya is also a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Greenlane Clinical Centre Eye Clinic and a Senior Clinical Lecturer in ophthalmology at the University of Auckland.

Dr Michael Merriman specialises in glaucoma, cataract and refractive surgery and general ophthalmology. He is also a refractive surgeon at the Laser Eye Centre and a consultant ophthalmologist at Waikato Hospital.

Dr Merriman graduated from Auckland Medical School in 1990 and completed his Ophthalmic Specialist training at Auckland and Waikato Hospitals in 2001. Additional experience was gained by Dr Merriman in Fellowship training in the UK at the West of England Eye Unit followed by Fellowships at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London gaining further expertise in glaucoma, cataract and refractive surgery. Dr Merriman has also completed research projects which have been published in international journals and he presents his research findings at both local and international meetings.

Derrell is a comprehensive ophthalmologist/ophthalmic surgeon, based in the Rotorua and Taupo Lakes region.

Qualifications: MBChB, CertHSc, PGDipOphthBS(Dist), GradDipRefCatSurg, FRANZCO

Alistair is a New Zealand trained ophthalmologist with subspecialist fellowship training in the areas of cornea, oculoplastics and glaucoma. He pursued further postgraduate training in refractive cataract and laser surgery at the University of Sydney (GradDipRefCatSurg, High Distinction).

Alistair is motivated to improve the equity, efficiency, and quality of eye health services. He has done significant work to maximise the productivity of eye teams he has been involved with, to enable the delivery of high-quality eye care with a strong team culture.

Alistair is Samoan Pakeha with the Matai title of Tofilau from Iva, Samoa. He has over 12 years of governance experience with national and international professional organisations and institutions. Alistair is also a member of the NZ Institute of Directors (MInstD).

Moira is an experienced executive manager within health, she has worked in Business Development, as a General Manager and as a CEO. Moira worked as the CEO of Auckland Eye and as such was involved with the commissioning of Oasis Surgical but has also worked as an executive in hospitals, pathology and diagnostic imaging.

Moira’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a MBA in Health, she is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate Professor lecturing into the Master of Health Management at Monash University.