Speakers - Sachs Associates
Speakers - Sachs Associates
Speakers - Sachs Associates
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<strong>Speakers</strong><br />
Søren Moller, Managing Investment Director, Novo A/S<br />
Søren obtained his MSc degree from the Technical University of Denmark in 1993 and his PhD degree in molecular biology<br />
in 1997 from the Technical University of Denmark for a project on molecular microbiology. In addition to his PhD, Søren has<br />
academic training as postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.<br />
Prior to joining Novo Seeds, Søren served as global manager of Bioinformatics and Genomics at Novozymes. Before<br />
Novozymes, Søren was CSO and Vice President of R&D at Exiqon A/S where he was responsible for development of microRNA<br />
based products for life science research, pharma services and diagnostics. In 2007 Exiqon completed an IPO on NASDAQ<br />
OMX Copenhagen raising 400 mio DKK to develop and commercialize life science and diagnostic products. Previously, Søren<br />
worked in cancer drug development as head of Lead Identification at BioImage and as research scientist at Novo Nordisk.<br />
Since 2008, Søren has been board member of Danish Biotech (the Association of Biotechnology Industries in Denmark). Søren<br />
serves on the board of directors of Denator AB, a Swedish based biotech company.<br />
Stephanie Leouzon, Senior Advisor, Torreya Partners<br />
Stephanie is a Senior Advisor at Torreya Partners, a life sciences advisory boutique.<br />
She has worked in Health Care Investment Banking since 1989, participating in over 65 transactions in the biotechnology,<br />
pharmaceutical and speciality pharmaceutical sectors.<br />
She has advised clients on a number of strategic transactions, valued at over $70 billion, and she has been involved in<br />
financing transactions to provide over $7 billion to healthcare clients.<br />
Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1998, Stephanie’s experience included working in Health Care at Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan<br />
and Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup). Stephanie earned an M.B.A. degree from the Darden Graduate School of Business at<br />
the University of Virginia in 1989 and a B.A. degree, cum laude, from Mount Holyoke College in 1985.<br />
Thomas Kronbach, CEO, BioCrea GmbH<br />
Thomas is CEO of BioCrea, a drug discovery company in Radebeul, Germany, which is creating first-in-class drugs from<br />
concept to drug candidate. Tom established BioCrea as a Management buy-out of assets from Biotie Therapies in 2010.<br />
Previously, Tom was CSO of Biotie Therapies, CSO and founder of elbion and had various positions at Asta Medica, AWD and<br />
Goedecke.<br />
Tom has initiated, negotiated and fostered partnerships with Boehringer Ingelheim, Wyeth/Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. Tom<br />
holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tubingen, Germany, was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Basle, Switzerland and<br />
a Research Associate at The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA.<br />
Tim Haines, Partner, Abingworth Management<br />
Tim has more than 25 years of international management experience in the life sciences industry including significant<br />
expertise in medical devices. Before joining Abingworth in 2005, he was Chief Executive of the Abingworth portfolio company,<br />
Astex Therapeutics. Previously, Tim was Chief Executive of two divisions of the publicly-listed medical technology company,<br />
Datascope Corp. Prior to Datascope, he held a number of other senior management positions in the US and Europe. At<br />
Abingworth, he identifies and creates new businesses and provides support for existing companies within the Abingworth<br />
portfolio. He is or has been a board member of the following portfolio companies: Astex Therapeutics, Powdermed (acquired<br />
by Pfizer), IMI, Stanmore Orthopedic, Fovea (acquired by sanofi-aventis), KSpine, XCounter (AIM) and Chroma Therapeutics.<br />
Tom Johnston, CEO, Mucosis BV<br />
In his role he has global responsibility for the licensing and marketing of Mucosis’s technologies, negotiating corporate<br />
partnerships and other strategic alliances. Mr. Johnston holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton Business School and a Bachelor of<br />
Science degree in Computer Science from Arcadia University.<br />
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