Ivo worked for pharmaceutical and biotech companies for twenty-five years, and was involved in the strategic development of medicines and various product launches. He held senior positions like Global Medical Director of Rhein Biotech, and Chief Medical Officer of Clinigen Group Plc. Ivo was CEO of four start-up companies in the Netherlands and non-executive director of Phico Therapeutics in Cambridge, UK. His specialties include oncology, immunology, viral diseases, and vaccines. Ivo holds a medical degree (MD) from the University in Nijmegen (Netherlands) and a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Henley Management College in Henley-on-Thames, UK.

Rudi has a strong track record of marketing and sales and profit growth running major international companies in the pharmaceutical sector. He has extensive experience in US, European, South American and Asian business cultures. His international pharmaceutical experience covers a period of thirty-five years and includes OTC, generics, unlicensed medicine and patented medicines. Rudi is an experienced fundraiser and is well acquainted with academic and industry collaboration models.

Dan is a biologist specialized in bioinorganic chemistry of metals and free radicals in biological systems. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Thesis: The role of free radicals and metal ions in adriamycin activity) and an M.Sc. in Human Nutrition from the University of London. He has taught at leading universities in Israel and the US for over fifteen years. In addition to his scientific work, Dan is an experienced management, strategy and business development specialist for biomedical companies, with extensive industry experience including major corporate (Medtronic), venture capital (Concord Ventures) and numerous start-up companies in Israel and Europe. He is an entrepreneur and an inventor, having authored seven patents and patent applications.

Gerben is a lawyer holding degrees from the Universities of Utrecht (general and business law) and Amsterdam (tax law) and started off his career as company lawyer at AMEV, a life insurance company. He later switched to become Marketing Manager Product Management at the Fortis Retail Bank. After pursuing an international venture, he returned to the Netherlands to work in the pharmaceutical industry. Gerben has been Manager Legal and Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Person for Orly Pharma, an international wholesale company specialised in non-licensed medicines. Currently, Gerben is also a part-time legal counsel at Pivot Park, the life sciences campus for pharmaceutical innovation in Oss, The Netherlands.

Julie has an extensive experience in implementing innovative commercial marketing and distribution strategies to drive market expansion globally. She has gained her skills through the management and launch of pharmaceutical products in various therapeutic areas. Julie holds a Master of Business and Marketing Product Management and is ABPI qualified.

Debra has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry in both large and small to mid-size companies and held global positions in Research & Development, Speciality Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Services Organisations. Most recently Debra worked as Chief Operating Officer in Parexel Informatics and Clinigen PLC. Prior to this, she oversaw several major acquisitions including Idis, Link and Quantum Pharma. Debra commenced her career at AstraZeneca where she performed various R&D roles and was involved in the development of multiple NCEs in Respiratory, Oncology, CNS and GI. She is a certified member of the Institute of Directors and holds a PhD from Newcastle University, and completed her post-doctoral work at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Gerard has worked within the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years, holding several senior medical and clinical research positions. He spent the last 24 years of his career with MSD (Merck & Co) as Medical Director for the Netherlands, later for the Middle East & Africa, and as Executive Director Clinical Research with responsibilities for Scandinavia, Baltics, Austria, Switzerland and eventually for Belgium and the Netherlands. Gerard holds a medical degree (MD) from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Callum is founder and Managing Director of gofastforward: a management, leadership and development consultancy. Since 1994, the gofastforward team has designed and delivered strategic leadership development solutions to a wide variety of clients from Energy to Healthcare, from local SME to global corporate and from Public to Private Sector. An honours graduate in Technology and Business Administration, Callum is an experienced Executive Coach working with business leaders on performance, productivity and the management of change. Additional activities include a recently completed second term as Board Member and Chair of the Finance & Operations Committee in Scotland’s national dance company, Scottish Ballet. Callum is owner of an olive farm in Andalucía, Spain.

In her thirty-five years of experience in R&D management, Brenda has held a number of senior positions in major international healthcare companies including Pfizer, Scotia Holdings PLC, G D Searle. She is currently Non-Executive Director of iQur and BQR Consulting Ltd and member of the BIA Board. She is also Non-Executive Director of University of Birmingham Enterprise Ltd. Brenda holds a degree in Toxicology and is a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute Of Directors. She was, until 2015, founder and Chief Operating Officer of Convergence Pharmaceuticals and a key member of the deal team in its sale to Biogen. Brenda was also founder, director and COO of PowderMed Ltd which was spun out of Chiron in 2004 and sold to Pfizer in 2006. Prior to this Brenda was Vice President of Portfolio & Programme Management at PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc.