MEET THE FACULTY
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
Joshua Berlin
Head of Corporate Alliances & Business Development
BioCentury Inc.
Karen Bernstein, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Chairman
BioCentury Inc.
Roel Bulthuis
Managing Partner
Syncona Investment Management Ltd.
Carmine Circelli
Investment Director, Life Sciences
British Patient Capital
Bianca Coulter
Co-Founder & Executive Chair
Coulter Partners
Luc Dochez, Pharm.D.
Managing Partner
Droia Ventures
Debora Dumont, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Bioqube Ventures
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
Arthur Franken
General Partner
Gilde Healthcare
Christina Franssen, Ph.D.
Investment Manager
Wallonie Entreprendre
Miriam Frieden, Ph.D.
Corporate VP
Novo Nordisk
Hakan Goker, Ph.D.
Managing Director
M Ventures
Ann Van Gysel
CEO
MEDVIA
Stephen Hansen
Director of Biopharma Intelligence
BioCentury Inc.
Echo Hindle-Yang
Founder & CEO
MSQ Ventures
James Huang
Managing Partner
Panacea Venture
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
Paresh Kumar, Pharm.D.
VP, Biotech Private Equity
Ally Bridge Group
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
Nadine Maalouf
Managing Director, Life Sciences & Health
Kempen
Claire Macht
Director, European Portfolio
EBD Group
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
Michael Meyers
Vice Chairman & Head of M&A and Strategic Advisory Services
H.C. Wainwright
Carole Nuechterlein
Head, Roche Venture Fund
Roche
Antoine Papiernik
Chairman & Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Greg Parekh, Ph.D.
Founder & Managing Director
New Rhein Healthcare Investors
Ksenija Pavletic
Partner
Jeito Capital
Camilla Petrycer Hansen, Ph.D.
Partner
Novo Seeds
Clement Salque
Associate
Bioqube Ventures
Aaron Schwimmer
Partner
MTS Health Partners
Denise Scots-Knight, Ph.D.,
CEO
Mereo Biopharma
Naveed Siddiqi, M.D.
Senior Partner
Novo Holdings
Mark Simon, Ph.D.,
Co-Founder, Torreya Partners, and Senior Advisor, Sun Pharma
Sun Pharma
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO
Candel Therapeutics
Christina Takke, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
V-Bio Ventures
Karen Tkach Tuzman, Ph.D.
Director of Biopharma Intelligence and Head of Discovery and Preclinical Research
BioCentury Inc.
Martin Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Policy, Public Affairs & Investor Relations
BIA (U.K. BioIndustry Association)
Jérôme Van Biervliet, Ph.D.
Managing Director
VIB
Lieven Van der Veken, M.D.
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Co.
Jan Wauters, Ph.D.
Science & Technology Counselor
Flanders Investment and Trade
Erica Whittaker, Ph.D.
VP & Head Corporate Venture Fund
UCB Ventures
Kathleen Williams, Ph.D.
Head, Life Sciences
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Steve Yang, Ph.D.
Co-CEO
WuXi AppTec
Debra Yu, M.D.
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Panacea Venture
Alexandra Zemp, Ph.D.
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Past Bio€quity Europe Faculty
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