THE PEOPLE
BOARD MEMBERS
Åge Nærdal
Trained as a Pharmacist having more than 35 years of experience in leadership from pharmaceutical industry. Former GM GSK Norway, board member Norwegian Pharmaceutical Industry Association 10+ years.
Chairman
Stener Kvinnsland
Board Member
MD with a PhD in oncology. Various roles in the pharmaceutical an biotech industry, former COB at Oslo University Hospital, former MD of Helse Bergen and former Director at Haukeland University Hospital. Specialist and professor in cancer medicine.
Nalinava Sengupta
Co-founder
After 15 years of academic research in chemistry, turned entrepreneur for a mission. PhD Chemistry, IIT Bombay. Multiple postdoctoral tenures in Europe.
Thomas Due
Board Member
He has over 30 years of Innovation and Venture Capital Fundraising experience in Norway. He has spent most of his adult life working where finance meets entrepreneurs.
Per Foss
Bio-organic chemistry doctorate having hugely diverse professional expertise in the industry. Ex-Director General Norwegian Patent Office, Nycomed, GE Healthcare.
ADVISORS
25 years of experience in drug development. Involved in more than 1000 projects involving clinical trials and regulatory affairs as a Clinical Research Organization executive chairman.
Knut Smerud
Erik Skullerud
Strategic Advisor
30+ years pharma/biotech, global sales and marketing, oncology product launches.
Co-founder and a senior scientist in Molecular Biology at Norwegian Air research Institure.
Co-founder
Tanima Sengupta
Ketil Wig
An expert in strategy and corporate finance advisory, has executed and negotiated hundreds of projects and transactions within strategy and M&A and restructurings / turnarounds.
Jørn Lein-Mathisen
Business angel. Business development and entrepreneurial experiences internationally over 28 years.
Gry Stensrud
PhD University of Oslo, Pharmacy. Specialised in liposomes. Strategic planning, regulatory support, QA, project management, CMC.
Hilde Nilsen
Professor in Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Head (Epigenetics), Akershus University Hospital.