MEET THE FACULTY
Zina Affas Besse
Deputy Head, Healthcare Private Equity
AXA Investment Managers
Khatereh Ahmadi Ph.D.
Head of Search and Evaluation, BD&L, Europe and Middle East
MSD
Sebastian Alexanderson
Head, Healthcare Investment Banking
Carnegie Investment Bank
Bauke Anninga, Ph.D.
Investment Director
M Ventures
Trine Bartholdy
Chief Business Officer
BioInnovation Institute Fonden
Daniela Begolo, Ph.D.
Managing Director
EQT Life Sciences
Joshua Berlin
Head of Corporate Alliances & Business Development
BioCentury Inc.
Juliane Bernholz, Ph.D.
CEO
AM-Pharma
Karen Bernstein, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Chairman
BioCentury Inc.
Steven Biesmans
Principal
UCB Ventures
Philipp Bräuer, Ph.D.
VP
EQT Life Sciences
Roel Bulthuis
Managing Partner
Syncona Investment Management Ltd.
Vanessa Carle, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Forbion
Carmine Circelli
Investment Director, Life Sciences
British Business Bank
Bianca Coulter
Co-Founder & Executive Chair
Coulter Partners
Caroline De Wit
Committee Member, Level 20 Belgian Chapter, and Investment Associate
Sofina
Alexander Demoulin
Associate
Bioqube Ventures
Matthias Diependaele
Minister-President
Government of Flanders, Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation and Industry, Foreign Affairs, Digitalisation and Facility Management
Luc Dochez, Pharm.D.
Managing Partner
Droia Ventures
Vishal Doshi
Chairman & CEO
AUM Biosciences
Debora Dumont, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Bioqube Ventures
Sandra Eagle, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Drug Development Solutions
ICON Biotech
Gabriela Ecco
Principal
+ND Capital
Christian Elling, Ph.D
Managing Partner
Lundbeckfonden BioCapital
Simone Fishburn, Ph.D.
VP & Editor in Chief
BioCentury Inc.
David Flores
Co-Founder, President & CEO
BioCentury Inc.
Isabelle Francois, Ph.D.
Director, Innovation & Strategy
MEDVIA (biovia)
Arthur Franken
General Partner
Gilde Healthcare
Christina Franssen, Ph.D.
Investment Manager
Wallonie Entreprendre
Miriam Frieden, Ph.D.
Corporate VP
Novo Nordisk
Germo Gericke, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Ariceum Therapeutics
Anta Gkelou, Ph.D.
Principal Capital Strategy
Sofinnova Partners
Hakan Goker, Ph.D.
Managing Director
M Ventures
Laurenz Govaerts, Ph.D.
VP
EQT Life Sciences
Anne Grahl
Associate
Pureos Bioventures
Ann Van Gysel
CEO
MEDVIA (biovia)
Stephen Hansen
Director of Biopharma Intelligence
BioCentury Inc.
Echo Hindle-Yang
Founder & CEO
MSQ Ventures
Peter Hoffmann-Fischer
Founder and Managing Partner
Catalysis Capital Partners Ltd.
Axel Hoos, M.D., Ph.D
Former CEO
Scorpion Therapeutics
Anne Horgan
Partner
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC)
James Huang
Managing Partner
Panacea Venture
Alicia Irurzun-Lafitte
Partner
UCB Ventures
Henk Joos, Ph.D.
General Manager, Silver Arrow & Investment Specialist,
Medvia (biovia)
Simon Kerry, Ph.D.
CEO
Curve Therapeutics
Dirk Kersten
General Partner
Forbion
Selina Koch, Ph.D.
Executive Editor, Head of Intelligence & Research
BioCentury Inc.
Marcus Koch, Pharm.D.
VP & Head, Europe
Health Advances, Parexel
Anja Koenig, Ph.D.
Global Head
Novartis Venture Fund
Yvonne Koh, Ph.D.
VP, Therapeutics
ClavystBio
Megan Krench, Ph.D.
Principal
Sanofi Ventures
Olga Krylova
Head, Search & Evaluation, Europe, Global Business Development
Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Paresh Kumar, Pharm.D.
VP, Biotech Private Equity
Ally Bridge Group
Jean-Pierre Latere, Ph.D.
CEO
EsoBiotec
Franck Le Deu
Senior Partner & Co-Leader of Asia Life Sciences Practice
McKinsey & Company
Stephan Lensky, Ph.D.
Chief Business Officer and Chief Operating Officer
EpimAb Biotherapeutics
Donmienne Leung, Ph.D.
Director
AbbVie Ventures
Jing Liang, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Director
Helicore Biopharma
Elena Lovo, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Head of Life Sciences EMEA
J.P. Morgan
Stefan Luzi, Ph.D.
Partner
Gilde Healthcare
Nadine Maalouf
Managing Director, Life Sciences & Health
Kempen
Claire Macht
Director, European Portfolio
EBD Group
Fiona MacLaughlin, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Venture Investments
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)
Allan Marchington, Ph.D.
Managing Director & Head of Life Sciences
Intermediate Capital Group plc
Sophie McGrath
Technology & Life Sciences Partner
Goodwin Procter
Rachel Mears
Partner
Jeito Capital
Detlev Mennerich, Ph.D.
Head
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
Michael Meyers
Vice Chairman & Head of M&A and Strategic Advisory Services
H.C. Wainwright
Mariana Mihalusova, Ph.D.
VP
Venrock
Sanjay Mistry Ph.D.
Vice President Venture Investments New Company Creation
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)
Mitchell Mutz, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur Partner
Vivo Capital
Carole Nuechterlein
Head
Roche Venture Fund
Jolene Ooi, Ph.D.
Partner, Investments
EDBI
Emanuele Ostuni, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
ARTBIO
Antoine Papiernik
Chairman & Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Greg Parekh, Ph.D.
Founder & Managing Director
New Rhein Healthcare Investors
Ksenija Pavletic
Partner
Jeito Capital
Dennis Pedri, Ph.D.
Analyst
V-Bio Ventures
Camilla Petrycer Hansen, Ph.D.
Partner
Novo Seeds
Nina Rawal, Ph.D.
Partner & Co-Head, Impact Ventures
Trill Impact
Henrijette Richter, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Laura Rodriguez
Partner
Invivo Partners
Clement Salque
Associate
Bioqube Ventures
Carola Schropp
Managing Director, HAYIM Group & Founder,
EBD Group
Helmut Schuehsler, Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
TVM Capital Healthcare
Aaron Schwimmer
Partner
MTS Health Partners
Denise Scots-Knight, Ph.D.
CEO
Mereo Biopharma
Bita Sehat, Ph.D.
Partner
Trill Impact
Khoo Shih, Ph.D.
CEO
ClavystBio
Naveed Siddiqi, M.D.
Senior Partner
Novo Holdings
Catello Somma
Partner
Seroba
Sophie Stegen
Head of Listing Belgium
Euronext N.V.
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO
Candel Therapeutics
Christina Takke, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
V-Bio Ventures
Nathalie Ter Wengel, Ph.D.
European Lead Worldwide Business Development
Pfizer
Karen Tkach Tuzman, Ph.D.
Director of Biopharma Intelligence and Head of Discovery and Preclinical Research
BioCentury Inc.
Amel Tounsi, Ph.D.
Investment Manager
Noshaq
Martin Turner, Ph.D.
Director of Policy & External Affairs
BIA (U.K. BioIndustry Association)
Jérôme Van Biervliet, Ph.D.
Managing Director
VIB
Sven Van den Berghe, Ph.D.
CEO
PanTera
Lieven Van der Veken, M.D.
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Co.
Lisbeth Van Ruijssevelt, Ph.D.
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company
Bonnie van Wilgenburg
Principal
Monograph Capital Advisors
Matthias Van Woensel, Ph.D.
Partner
Droia Ventures
Claire Verschelde, Ph.D.
Founding Partner
ICOSA
Jessica Vitos, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Innovation, Grifols, and
Board Member, YVC Collective
Karen Wagner, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Ysios Capital
Jan Wauters, Ph.D.
Science & Technology Counselor
Flanders Investment and Trade (biovia)
Erica Whittaker, Ph.D.
VP & Head Corporate Venture Fund
UCB Ventures
Kathleen Williams, Ph.D.
Head, Life Sciences
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Marietta Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Managing Director
Quan Capital
Asish Xavier, Ph.D.
VP, Venture Investments
JJDC/Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Steve Yang, Ph.D.
Co-CEO
WuXi AppTec
Duncan Young, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Search & Evaluation, Oncology Business Development
AstraZeneca
Debra Yu, M.D.
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Panacea Venture
Alexandra Zemp, Ph.D.
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dan Zhang, M.D.
Co-Chairman
Hillgene
Past Bio€quity Europe Faculty
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