We have extensive senior management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and we have already successfully done what we advise to our clients.

• 25 years of working experience at Novartis. Senior positions included:
  • Member of the Novartis Executive Committee
  • Group Head Quality Assurance & Technical Operations, Novartis International
  • CEO Sandoz (Generics Division of Novartis)
  • Global Head Technical Operations, Novartis Pharma
  • Global Head Technical Research Development, Novartis Pharma
• Member of the Boards of Directors of Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ) and FAMAR Health Care Service and several international Advisory Boards
• Member of the Executive Council of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology (APV)
• Executive training in general management and leadership from the IMD in Lausanne, INSEAD in Fontainebleau, and Harvard Business School in Cambridge, USA
• M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

• Over 8 years of working experience in strategy consulting, M&A and business development. Positions included:
• Management consultant with McKinsey & Co
• Associate with Institute for Technology Management
• Experience in Marketing, Partnering, Supply Chain Management and Site Divestment in the pharmaceutical industry
• Ph.D. in business economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG)
• M.Sc. degree in Management and Manufacturing Engineering from the ETH Zurich
  

• 32 years of working experience at Hoffmann-La Roche. Senior positions included:
  • VP Global Product Management
  • President Roche Japan
  • SVP Global Supply Chain Management
• Member of various international Advisory Boards
• Member of the Board of several companies
• MBA

• Over 8 years of working experience in Intellectual Property Management, Licensing and Assessment of new technologies in the pharmaceutical area. Positions included:
• Licensing Executive at BTG International Ltd. in London, England
• Associate Director Business Development at Arpida AG, Münchenstein, Switzerland
• MBA from the Steinbeis University of Berlin
• M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology
  

• Over 20 years experience in business development in Big Pharma including GSK, Novartis and Roche
• Senior management positions included:
• Director Asia WW BD R&D at GSK
• Head of BD&L for Japan at Novartis
• Head of Licensing & Patent Group at Nippon Roche
• Extensive experience in target identification, due diligence, negotiation and development
• Ph.D. in Developmental Genetics
  

• Professor at the University of Mainz
• 26 years of working experience at Boehringer Ingelheim and Fresenius.
  Senior positions included:
• Corporate Director Site Development
• Corporate Director Technology and Manufacturing Pharma Asia and Americas
• Corporate Director QA
• Head Pharma Manufacturing
• Head of Quality Assurance
• Membership in Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and Verband Forschender Arzneimittelunternehmen (VFA)
• M.Sc. Degree and Ph.D. in Chemistry
  

• Over 30 years experience in corporate finance and treasury at Novartis
• Senior management positions included Head Asia Corporate Finance and Head Operational Treasury at Novartis Pharma
• Extensive experience in deal structuring and negotiations of Biotech equity investments
  

• 11 years of working experience as founder and CEO of Pharbil, a European supply chain service and contract manufacturing organization
• Extensive experience in making the transition from centralized multinational manufacturing sites to successful and customer focussed contract business
• 15 years of working experience at Rhône-Poulenc Rorer. Senior positions included:
• Member of the Board
• Head of Industrial Operations Central Europe
• Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain Management
• Ph.D. in Pharmacy