Biography

Nicholai Dessypris (Born 1980, US citizen) joined Sonova Group in November 2024 as President, North America, for the Hearing Instruments Business Unit. He was appointed President, North America Region for the Group in November 2025.

Nicholai brings over 15 years of MedTech experience and 7 years of retail experience to Sonova.From 2022 to 2024, he served as General Manager and Vice President for North America at LifeScan, a global leader in blood glucose monitoring where he led the region and a commercial transformation.

Prior to LifeScan, Nicholai held several general management and commercial executive roles during twelve years at GE Healthcare in the patient monitoring segment. Nicholai also spent the first seven years of his career in the retail vertical, first as a strategy consultant for CapGemini Ernst & Young and then as a manager of merchandise planning and allocation for Victoria’s Secret Beauty fragrance category. 

He holds a BSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a minor in Information Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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