My passion is to grow and structure businesses, as well as leading teams and developing people. As a former biotech start-up founder and CEO, I have a strong entrepreneurial mindset. I like designing and implementing go-to-market strategies. I enjoy interacting with customers, negotiating, concluding deals and creating win-win sustainable relationships. I like connecting people in order to enable fruitful collaborations. I am motivated by challenges, by discovering new ways to make successful business and by continuously learning. Having lived and worked in Europe, US and Asia I am able to lead and motivate global multicultural teams.I successfully contributed to structuring and growing businesses, including scaling-up and selling a PE-backed company.I have over 25 years of progressive experience in the life sciences sector, within MNCs as well as small to mid-size companies, including my own start-up. My core strengths are: - Creating and structuring new businesses either as a business unit within a broader organization or as a standalone business. - Experience as biotech startup founder and CEO. Participated in companies selling processes both as acquirer and acquiree: management presentation, due diligence and expert calls. - Power of persuasion and capacity to energize teams. - Leading and motivating direct and cross-functional teams, while paying attention to creating team spirit and encouraging collaborative attitude. - Broad experience in strategic account management, capacity to create and develop win-win sustainable relationship at executive level. - Ability to connect people and businesses to enable mutually profitable collaborations. - Passion for new technologies and market trends, ability to detect profitable opportunities driven by markets’ needs.