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
