Our founding parners
Meet the visionaries behind Ipomia – a team of innovators and medical experts dedicated to revolutionizing lingerie for women with breast implants.
Each founder brings a unique blend of passion, expertise, and creativity, driving Ipomia's mission to combine aesthetic elegance with medical precision. From entrepreneurial spirit to world-class surgical skills, these are the people at the heart of Ipomia's success.
Cecilia Kadar
ENTREPRENEUR / FOUNDER
Cecilia holds a BA in International Marketing and Economics, and has worked in marketing, and as Marketing Manager, for several international companies. Cecilia herself discovered the need in the market for bras specifically developed for augmented breasts, and gathered the team of specialists to start Ipomia.
Melika Zavareh
DESIGNER / CO-FOUNDER
Melika is a Fashion Designer trained at Nordic School of Design, and specialized in lingerie design at UAL – London College of Fashion. She has several years of work experience with some of the top brands in the industry. With Ipomia, her role has been to solve the customers’ need for both design and function, while meeting the medical demands of the plastic surgeons.
Dr. Per Hedén
PLASTIC SURGEON / CO-FOUNDER
Per has worked as a Plastic Surgeon since more than 30 years and is an Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery at the well known Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Akademikliniken, one of the biggest plastic surgery hospitals in the world, was founded by Per in 1991. Per is a member of several renowned organizations in the field of Plastic surgeons. He has an extensive research background and has also published extensively. Per is one of the most well-respected surgeons in breast augmentation. He has written several textbook chapters on the subject and frequently performs demonstration operations and lectures on his well known techniques all around the world.
Dr. Riikka Veltheim
PLASTIC SURGEON / CO-FOUNDER
Riikka is an MD, Registered Doctor, since 1998, achieving her PhD in 1999. She then specialized in plastic surgery at Karolinska Institutet, at Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, where she practiced between 2003 and 2007.
Parts of her specialized training in aesthetic plastic surgery comes from Houston, Texas, under professor Alfonso Barrera, as well as from Rome, Italy, under Professor Marco Toscani.
Since 2007, she has worked as a successful private practice plastic surgeon in Stockholm and Helsinki, highly appreciated by both patients and colleagues.
