Our whole team is highly motivated to make a difference by improving the world’s hearing and helping people live well for longer.
Co-founders Amanda Philpott and Andy Shanks both live with hearing loss and have been affected by dementia. Between them, they have extensive senior leadership and operational experience working in multiple fields, including the NHS, population health and care sector, business development, and digital technology.
"I am an ex-NHS CEO and population health strategy specialist. I co-founded eargym with Andy because I have experienced first-hand the impact of unaddressed hearing loss in my family. My happy place is in the mountains, and hearing nature with greater clarity really matters to me."
Co-founder & CEO
“I am an ex-DJ, so when my friends and I started experiencing the early signs of hearing loss and I learnt about the correlation with dementia, I was frustrated that there was nothing available to help and so decided to do something about it.”
Co-founder & CTO
Find out more and connect with Amanda Philpott and Andy Shanks
Meet the team
I am a life-long technologist who started as a software engineer in investment banking. I lead on commercialising eargym's range of digital hearing health products and services and leading on eargym's exciting AI growth plans.
Dr Tim Green
Hearing Scientist
I have more than 20 years experience of conducting research into understanding and dealing with the consequences of hearing impairment and am excited by eargym's potential to improve hearing health and to advance research.
eargym provides the opportunity to enhance auditory rehabilitation for individuals with hearing loss while also contributing to a valuable area of research. Outside of work, I love to take my dog on nice country walks in the Yorkshire Dales.
I'm committed to extending the healthy lifespan and combating neurodegenerative diseases through innovation. With my background in cognitive neuroscience I aim to help create products that enhance lives.
I am a clinical neuroscientist and Zinc VC Innovation Fellow interested in innovative ways of promoting brain health. I’m excited by eargym’s commercial and scientific efforts to promote health by focusing on auditory training.
As a PhD student with a focus on computational neuroscience, I’m passionate about harnessing data to drive meaningful insights. I’m excited to apply my love for data analysis and programming to support auditory health and find new ways to make digital healthcare more impactful.
I’m a big reader and love the power of storytelling in all its forms, both on and off screen. I really value working in a role where I create content that shares eargym’s story and mission with the world.
I’m motivated by the challenge to bring hearing training games to the masses with fun and engaging design that’s focused on immersive audio. To unwind, I play a range of computer games and like to go bouldering.
As a designer with a background in user research, I love teaming up to create engaging and inclusive experiences that make a difference in people’s lives. When I’m not designing, I enjoy spending time with my kids and indulging in my plant passion, caring for my many leafy friends
Having close relatives affected by dementia, I admire eargym's mission and I look forward to contributing to eargym’s work during my industrial placement. Outside of university, I enjoy anything creative, travelling, and skiing.
During my industrial placement I am excited to be contributing to eargym’s inspiring work. With a key interest in health and well-being, I am motivated to help promote hearing health and the benefits it can have for individuals.
I love my job as a developer and having the opportunity to create apps that can help improve lives for the better; eargym is my favourite project that I’ve worked on. In my free time I play the guitar, play sports, and spend a lot of time outdoors.
I work to build the eargym app with Perpetio and the product team. Outside of work, I like to play volleyball and the guitar and enjoy listening to music.
Our advisors
We work with a board of world-class advisors across hearing, cognition, population health, game design and data analysis to discover just how beneficial hearing training can be at helping people live well for longer.
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