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<strong>Speakers</strong><br />

Marcel Zwaal, CBO, DCPrime<br />

After receiving his MSc in Finance and EMFC degree from VU University in Amsterdam, Marcel Zwaal (1967) has started<br />

his business career at Philips Electronics. Subsequently he has gained over 10 years of experience in international finance<br />

and controlling, both in a multinational setting and as an independent consultant. His experience in the field of vaccines and<br />

biotechnology started when joining Dutch biotech Crucell in 2006 where he has held several senior management positions in<br />

Business Development and Corporate Finance. He has been responsible for managing Crucell’s recombinant adeno vaccine<br />

development portfolio and he has concluded several collaborative financing and corporate restructuring deals. After the<br />

acquisition of Crucell by Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Zwaal has decided to join start-up company DCPrime as Chief Business<br />

Officer per Jan 1st, 2012. In this role he has been responsible for further developing the company strategy, professionalizing<br />

the organisation as well as rolling out the partnering and funding approach. Outside of his work he is a sport enthusiast and<br />

an avid rower and road racing cyclist.<br />

Markus Goebel, Partner, Novartis Venture Funds<br />

Markus is Managing Director, Novartis Venture Fund Markus Goebel started his career in the Health Care Industry in 1990.<br />

An MD by training and certified, amongst others, in hematology/oncology he worked for Farmitalia Germany and later held<br />

several global positions in R&D, Marketing and Strategy at Roche headquarters, partially in a ww alliance with Amgen. He<br />

joined Novartis in 2000 and first worked as global head Nervous System BD&L Pharma and later as global head Pharma<br />

Corporate M&A. In 2004 he joined the Novartis Venture Fund as a Managing Director in the US. Previously he received an<br />

MD and a PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian’s University in Munich and an MBA from Henley Management College. Markus<br />

serves on the boards of several Novartis Venture Fund portfolio companies, having exited, amongst others from Sirtris, FoldRx,<br />

EraGen and Intellikine.<br />

Markus Hosang, General Partner, BioMedPartners AG<br />

Markus is a General Partner at BioMedPartners AG in Basel, Switzerland. He has strong experience and broad knowledge<br />

in strategic and operational aspects of the venture capital business, as well as in pharmaceutical research and in many<br />

product development and marketing areas, with special expertise in the areas of biotechnologies, strategic alliances, and<br />

theranostics/diagnostics. Before joining BioMedPartners in 2004, Dr. Hosang was a Venture Partner at MPM Capital, where<br />

he was co-responsible for their European deal flow, and served on the boards of several European portfolio companies.<br />

Previously, he was at Roche in Basel, where, for nearly 20 years, he held several senior management positions in the Pharma<br />

R&D organization, including Vice President and Director of Global Pharma Research Strategic Unit and Chief of Staff to the<br />

President of Pharma R&D, membership of the Global Board of R&D Directors, Head of Development Projects in Basel and<br />

Member of the Roche Portfolio Board, and most recently, as a Deputy Head and Chief Scientific Officer of Genetics and<br />

Integrated Medicine, and a member of the Roche Genetics Executive Committee.<br />

He obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the ETH in Zurich and pursued his postgraduate training at Stanford University<br />

Medical School in neurobiology and subsequently at the University of Washington in Seattle in vascular dieseases. Dr. Hosang<br />

served on the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Foundation for Stipends in Medicine and Biology<br />

(SSMBS) as its Treasurer from 1994-2002. He currently is a member of the boards of Okairos AG, Suppremol GmbH and<br />

Anergis SA (as interim Chairman of the Board). Earlier he was on the boards of Omrix, Kourion (until its merger with ViaCell),<br />

IDEA, Atugen, Avontec and Neuraxo. He has published more than 30 articles in peer reviewed journals, and is coinventor on<br />

several patents.<br />

Martin Bonde, CEO, EpiTherapeutics ApS<br />

Martin is a serial entrepreneur, founded and managed several companies in Denmark and the US (Aros Pharma ApS,<br />

NatImmune A/S, Combio A/S, CelTor Inc., Torsana Biosensor, Osteometer Biotech)<br />

Martin fronted several successful exits over the last decade (NatImmune A/S to IPC, Combio A/S to Arpida AG, Torsana<br />

Biosensor A/S to Celtor Inc) as well as significant out-licensing deals,<br />

He is engaged as board member in Orphazyme ApS (www.orphazyme.com) (Chairman) and Danish Association of Biotech<br />

Companies (www.danskbiotek.dk) (Chairman).<br />

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SPEAKERS<br />

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