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. 

Mike O'Rourke is a semi-retired ophthalmologist based in Tauranga with a special interest and training in Retinal and Paediatric eye conditions.

He has had a long career in Ophthalmology and in governance having been a past New Zealand chairman of the Royal Australian and New Zealand college of Ophthalmology (RANZCO).
Under his tenure ONZ was formed in 2012 with Mike as the first and founding chair. He is very pleased to be returning to the board and helping progress the aims and objectives of ONZ now that he is semi-retired and can devote some time to ONZ.

Mike originated in Zimbabwe and underwent medical school and a four year ophthalmology fellowship training in Capetown before moving to New Zealand in 1993 where he had to retrain in ophthalmology from the beginning. He has a RANZCO fellowship and higher subspecialty training in Paediatrics and Retina in Sydney, returning to New Zealand in 1999 to provide consultant ophthalmology services in Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. He has experience in third world eye care in Ciskei, Transkei, Zululand and Fiji, with insight into eye care in developed and developing nations. These experiences can be of value when applied to the New Zealand healthcare system.

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.

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.

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).

Dr Malcolm Carey is a Director at Rotorua Eye Clinic covering the Lakes districts of Rotorua and Taupo. He has a subspecialty interest in Cornea and Anterior Segment. Undergraduate and postgraduate specialist training was done in Stellenbosch in Cape Town South Africa with fellowship in Portsmouth and Exeter UK.  He has served on numerous boards including the Exco of the South African Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

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.