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Andrew Bastawrous

Founder & CEOPeek Vision

Biography

Andrew is an Ophthalmologist (Eye Surgeon), Professor in Global Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Founder & CEO of Peek Vision. He has worked and undertaken research in over twenty countries including two years living in Kenya where he was leading a major eye disease study and the development and testing of the earliest versions of Peek’s smartphone-based eye health systems.

Peek now powers over 40 programmes in 12 countries reaching an average of 1/4 million people per month in a quest to connect people to life-changing sight restoring services.

Andrew has been listed as one of the world’s 30 most influential people in public health, has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles, is a TED speaker and TED Fellow, Rolex Laureate, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Ashoka Fellow and UBS Global Visionary.