Board of Directors
Martin Austin
Education: Biologist, Open University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Experience: Owner and Managing Director of TransformRx (Courses in Pharmaceutical Business Development in Europe and China); Principal Paul Capital Partners Royalty Funds; Head of Business Development F. Hoffmann-La Roche (numerous M&A deals at Roche); MD of MHIG (international Market Research Agency); BD Manager of Dendrite Europe Ltd; Director of Machine Intelligence Technology Ltd; Senior Consultant of Marketing Improvement Ltd; BD Manager Lorex Pharmaceuticals (Launch of several products); Country PM of G.D.Searle Pharmaceuticals, launch of numerous products in UK.
Function: Chairman, Marketing
Paul Scherer
Education: Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich; Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School (Boston).
Experience: (Co-)Founder of Devirex AG, Owner and MD of Interactive Consulting Ass. LLC (Services in the field of GMP for the Pharmaceutical Industry); Founder and MD of a consulting company (management level); Senior management position at Collano (adhesives).
Function: Vice-Chairman, CEO
Kurt Rudolf
Education: Engineer diploma, Swiss Federal University of Technology; SKU (General Management Program).
Experience: Numerous General Management positions in international companies; senior management positions in companies in London and in Italy; 20 years of experience in turn around management.
Function: Member of the Board
Management Team
Paul Scherer
Education: Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich; Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School (Boston).
Experience: (Co-)Founder of Devirex AG, Owner and MD of Interactive Consulting Ass. LLC (Services in the field of GMP for the Pharmaceutical Industry); Founder and MD of a consulting company (management level); Senior management position at Collano (adhesives).
Function: Vice-Chairman, CEO
Martin Austin
Education: Biologist, Open University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Experience: Owner and Managing Director of TransformRx (Courses in Pharmaceutical Business Development in Europe and China); Principal Paul Capital Partners Royalty Funds; Head of Business Development F. Hoffmann-La Roche (numerous M&A deals at Roche); MD of MHIG (international Market Research Agency); BD Manager of Dendrite Europe Ltd; Director of Machine Intelligence Technology Ltd; Senior Consultant of Marketing Improvement Ltd; BD Manager Lorex Pharmaceuticals (Launch of several products); Country PM of G.D.Searle Pharmaceuticals, launch of numerous products in UK.
Function: Corporate development, marketing, member of the Board
Marcel Felber
Education: Electrical Engineer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School (Boston); MBA, University of St. Gallen
Experience: Director Manufacturing Department, V-ZUG AG, Switzerland; President Operations, Medela Group Management, Switzerland; Vice-Chairman, Medela (Beijing) Medical Technology Co. Ltd.; CEO, Medela AG, Switzerland; Representative Director, Medela KK, Japan; VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Medela Inc., USA
Function: COO, Supply Chain, QM & RA, ICT
Employees
Silvia Stoffel
Education: Dipl. European Secretary, ESA, Munich
Experience: Secretary and Assistant of the Management in various International Companies, Mother of 3 girls, voluntary work
Function: Assistant of the Management Team and of the Board of Directors
Yaël Scherer
Education: Top of the class at graduation for Commercial diploma VSH
Experience: Secretary in a IT company, Assistant of the MD, Interactive Consulting Ass. LLC (international services for the pharmaceutical industry); establish a blog for lipivir®; issuing of numerous blog articles; manager of the lipivir® Facebook account. Organisation of numerous events in Switzerland and UK.
Function: Event Management, Marketing Switzerland
Collaborators
Alix Austin
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Top of class at Fachmaturitätsschule Basel
Experience: Social Media and Community Manager for lipivir®, German/English Translation Services, Personal Assistance for Peacock Pictures Ltd., Customer Service Operative at City Academy London, Office Manager at DRG and Yahoo! Ltd.
Function: UK Representative and community manager
Nino Tripodi
Education: Commercial education and professional car industry degree
Experience: Sales and customer service
Function: Representative for Italy
Dennis Senn
Education: IT software professional
Experience: Entrepreneur, 10+ years of software development, raised several web portals
Function: Web development Devirex Group
Christof Frei
Education: From commercial and trading background to marketing- and salesman of action
Experience: Entrepeneur with know-how in buildup of corporate structures. Specialised in Purchase, Sales and Marketing
Function: Purchase and Supply Chain Management
Marcel Langenauer
Education: Ph.D. in Natural Science, University of Berne; graduate of a general management program.
Experience: Founder and Owner of MedViCon LLC (services for the healthcare industry); Board member and Research and Development Director at Spirig Pharma (Swiss pharmaceutical company with focus on topical products); more that 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical development.
Function: Consultant for product development and manufacturing management
Constantin Xenakis
Education:
Experience: SEO for Cineman (fr, en, it), general manager at French entertainment channel of Swisscom, SEO for Die Schweizerische Post
Function: Search Engine Optimisation