Speakers - Sachs Associates
Speakers - Sachs Associates
Speakers - Sachs Associates
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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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