Programme Participants

Meet the experts driving this programme forward

President

Andreas Ostendorf

Professor
Ruhr-University Bochum
Co-President

Corinna Weber

CEO
snap DISCOVERY
Vice President Selection Panel

Pascal Joncour

Partner
Convergence Partners
Expert Panel

Paul Ashley

Director, External Innovation, Data Science and Digital Health at Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson

Pedro Castel-Branco

Principal
Armilar Venture Partners

Stefan Deskov

Junior Partner
Sofia Angels Ventures

Mahdi Hamzei

Project Manager | International Health Ruhr
Business Metropole Ruhr

Ali Hasan

Commercial Director
Axa Health

Thorsten Kern

Director
ARCHIMED

Erki Mölder

Managing Partner
Verge HealthTech Fund

Martin Müller

Venture Capital
CARMA FUND Management

Antonio Murta

Managing Partner
PATHENA

Valeri Petrov

Partner
Eleven Ventures

Kustaa Piha

CEO and Angel Investor
Athensmed

Alessio Piuma

Principal
Panakès Partners

Olga Radchuk

Public-Private Partnerships Lead
UCB Biopharma

Matthes Seeling

Investment Director
LBO France Ventures

Steve Seuntjens

Partner
PHS Fund