Our Team

  • Zak Marks - Co-Founder & CEO - Kitt Medical

    Zak Marks

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Zak, who has severe allergies to nuts, is a design graduate with multi-faceted creative experience including product marketing & brand building.

    He originally came up with the idea of an Anaphylaxis Kitt whilst studying design at university.

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  • James Cohen - Co-Founder & COO - Kitt Medical

    James Cohen

    Co-Founder & COO

    James is a commercial operations and financial strategist with a keen eye for detail, and a passion for making scalable, positive impact.

    He’s worked across M&A, investment, consulting and sales at a high-growth EdTech start-up before co-founding Kitt.

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  • Simon Hanassab - Chief Technology Officer - Kitt Medical

    Simon Hanassab

    Chief Technology Officer

    Inspired by problem-solving, Simon has previous experience as a product manager for a large multinational corporation.

    He is an author of several publications in AI for healthcare and is pursuing a PhD at Imperial College London.

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  • Jonny Byre - Head of Growth - Kitt Medical

    Jonny Byre

    Head of Growth

    Jonny is an ambitious and experienced growth specialist, having previously worked in enterprise partnerships across high-growth tech scale-ups.

    Driven by making a real difference, he helps support and engage with schools nationwide.

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  • Olivia Sutton - Kitt Medical

    Olivia Sutton

    Customer Success Executive

    Olivia has a rich background with experience in healthcare, education and customer services.

    Joining the Kitt team at the start of 2024, she is a key point of contact for the hundreds of schools with Anaphylaxis Kitts across the UK.

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  • Lara Melchiorre - Responsible Person (RP)

    Lara Melchiorre

    Responsible Person (RP)

    Lara is the CEO of Rosa Quality Consulting, specialising in quality assurance and medical compliance.

    Through her guidance and support, we were granted our WDA(H) licence by the MHRA.

  • Felix Jackson

    Medical Director

    Felix is a trained UK doctor, and the founder of medDigital.

    He is a key part of Kitt Medical’s compliance team, supporting us in regulatory affairs and marketing communications.

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Our Advisors

  • Adam Fox, Professor of Paediatric Allergy - Kitt Medical Advisor

    Adam Fox

    Clinical Advisor
    Professor of Paediatric Allergy

    Adam (MA(Hons) Cantab., MSc, BS, DCH, FRCPCH, FHEAm Dip. Allergy.) is a Professor of Paediatric Allergy at St Thomas' Hospital & King’s College London and the ex-president of the BSACI.

  • Jon Needham - Kitt Medical Advisor | Oasis MAT

    Jon Needham

    Education Advisor
    Director of Safeguarding at Oasis MAT

    Jon is an expert in education, working as the director of safeguarding for one of the UK’s largest multi-academy trusts with 52 academies across the country.

  • Cherie White - Kitt Medical Advisor | Think For The Future

    Cherie White

    Commerical Advisor
    CEO of Think For The Future

    Cherie was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact 2022 as her company Think For The Future provides behaviour and learning support to 7,000 young people in schools across the UK.

  • Jamie Ezekiel - Kitt Medical Advisor

    Jamie Ezekiel

    Commercial Advisor
    Co-founder of HelloFace

    Jamie has over 20 years of experience in leading sales across a wide range of industries including publishing, software and medical devices.

  • Alex Margolin - Kitt Medical Advisor | Sioma Insurance

    Alex Margolin

    Business Mentor
    Director at Sioma Insurance

    Alex is the founder of an award winning Insurance Broker (Sioma) and Chairman at Made With Hope, a small UK charity that helps disadvantaged children in rural Tanzania access education


*Our advisors and partners are not board members, equity holders or investors - they are experts with goals aligned to ours who provide advice, support, and resources where appropriate to their area of expertise.