Team United Kingdom

The Heidelberg Engineering Academy has set high standards to provide quality training, courses and continuing education for Heidelberg Engineering products worldwide. It is our pleasure to offer high-quality educational seminars that provide the comprehensive knowledge necessary to fully utilise your Heidelberg Engineering instrument in your clinical practice.

Meet our team on this page!

Head of UK Marketing and Education

Emily Malbon

• Emily is a biological sciences graduate who has worked in the ophthalmic industry since graduating in 2011.
• Her main areas of responsibility include managing the marketing and academy teams, creating new and innovative learning materials, development and implementation of the academy course/events programme and all marketing activities for the company.
• She has worked at Heidelberg Engineering since January 2013.

Clinical Affairs Manager

Tim Cole

Clinical Affairs Manager

• Tim has over 16 years experience in ophthalmology, beginning as an ophthalmic photographer at the Manchester royal eye hospital before transferring to Blackpool Victoria.
• He left the NHS in 2011 to join the clinical team at Topcon eventually becoming the OCT product manager and part of the European swept source OCTA research team.
• Tim joined Heidelberg Engineering in 2017 as the clinical market development manager for the SPECTRALIS.

Application Specialists

Ken Binns

Clinical Application Specialist (South)

• Ken is a multidiscipline imaging specialist with background in commercial photography, multimedia development and project delivery. A former aircraft engineer who has now over 20 years involvement in the ophthalmic industry in clinical imaging plus capital equipment roles.
• Fully accredited member of Australian Institute of Professional Photographers.
• Application Specialist from early 2014, then involved in the Clinical Implementation Manager program for the southern half of England and Wales until early 2017, moved into a national training role when the company expanded due to successful growth.
• As Field Application Specialist and Trainer his primary focus is helping clients make the SPECTRALIS a success in their clinics through education and training.

Zachary Tomlinson

Clinical Application Specialist (North)

• Zachary previously worked at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and has six years’ experience as an Ophthalmic Science Practitioner.
• As Clinical Application Specialist and Trainer his primary focus is helping clients make the SPECTRALIS a success in their clinics through education and training.