Michel Kropf, Phd, Mba Email & Phone Number

Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

- M&A evaluations, transaction design, negotiation and implementation management- Alliances, partnerships and business development- Corporate clients: health and pension insurances

Sion, Valais, Switzerland

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Bern Area, Switzerland

• Manage and develop existing alliances (i.e. relationship, contracts and projects)• Manage assessment and relationship related to unsolicited ideas from external innovators or companies• Manage the external technology access strategy and deployment of the department and provide support beyond the department to ensure access to promising external technologies, capabilities and IP in support of the company mission.• Identify, research, build and consolidate new business concepts and strategies into business proposition, ensure appropriate stakeholder involvement to progress the proposition to the next stage• Support the research teams for contractual matters and liaise with the required stakeholders i.e. legal, procurement or finance

Fribourg

• Establish industrial contacts aiming at valorisation of research results through the support of knowledge & technology transfer and the development of collaboration with industry.• Review and negotiate contracts (Research and Collaboration Agreements, CTI, NDA)• Business development strategy for the valorisation of inventions from UNIFR employees

• Define and implement business development strategy with potential academic and industrial partners• Manage projects with external partners• Manage the financial operations (i.e. budgeting, liquidity plan) and banking relationships• Review, and revise business and financial plan• Manage the contract process

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• Performed projects valuation (rNPV, DCF) and supported the Finance department for company valuation.• Supported the licensing activity of the Company, including the initiation of contacts to the Biotech and Pharma industry; organized partnering events, due diligences materials and visits.• Co-developed the Company’s licensing strategy in consideration of financial returns and future exit.• Reviewed all contracts with external partners and controlled the Company’s contract database• Established and maintained a deal database for the company in view of out-licensing discussions.• Performed robust market and competitor analyses• Prepared business cases and analyses to the Management and Board on M&A and IPO.

AC Immune SA is a product company with a focus on the area of CNS (conformational) diseases and cancer. The company is located at the Parc Scientifique d'Ecublens (PSE) on the site of the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. • Advised on the Company’s patent prosecution and IP portfolio strategy, this included selection of territories, scope of the patents and responses to national patent offices.• Monitored competitors' patent portfolio and advised on the strategy to keep freedom-to-operate and secure a good patent position in this competitive field.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

•Lead the Intellectual Property department and reported directly to the CEO. The core responsibilities were to define the IP portfolio strategy, plan and execute the patent prosecutions, monitor the competitors to adapt the company strategy, prepare and manage the yearly budget. • Managed contacts with our foreign Patent Attorneys (US, Europe and other foreign jurisdictions) • Established record keeping practices within the company for archives and lab notebooks that were compliant with the regulatory authorities and patent systems.• Collaborated with Executive Management on discussions regarding R&D activities to optimize project & product portfolio values. • Collaborated with Executive Management and Business Development during Due Diligences with external partners and drove the IP related discussions.• Audited external companies on technical and documentation matters prior to contracts• Established a global competitive business intelligence survey of competitors, based on IP, clinical, scientific and business data. This database allowed us to monitor the status of our competitors, established link for partnerships and evaluate future market shares. •Provided training to and coached employees on IP matters

London, Shanghai

MBA in International Business2 months in Shanghai, China: Business Growth Innovation Project with the Chinese subsidiary of a Global CompanySpecialized courses: -Mergers and Acquisition -Financial Structuring and Modeling -Private Equity -Entrepreneurship

Lausanne, Switzerland

• Lead a research project in molecular neurosciences. The projects aimed at studying the trafficking of AMPA receptors during learning/ memory and at developing a novel microscopy set-up• Implemented interdisciplinary collaborations between institutes (chemistry, physics and engineering).• Designed and supervised undergraduate and graduate student research projects in molecular neurosciences.• 6 scientific publications of international level in peer-reviewed journals and 1 book published

Diplôme De Conseiller En Prévoyance Professionnelle Iaf

Spécialisation en Conseil aux entreprises dans le domaine de la prévoyance professionnelle

International Mergers & Acquisitions Expert (Im&A), M&A Process, Strategy, Deal Types, Due Diligence, Valuation, And Post Merger Integration

Mba, International Business Management

Activities and Societies: • Rotation to Shanghai, China • Focus on International Business and Finance • Member of the Hult Finance.

European Patent Law

Substantive and Procedural European Patent Law for the European Patent Attorney qualifying examination

Phd, Neurosciences

PhD Thesis: "Imaging of AMPA-type glutamate receptors in hippocampal neurons" This interdisciplinary project was done together.

Msc, Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology

Bsc, Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology

Education record