Thomas Hecht

Dr. Hecht has been the Executive Chairman of Aelix’s Board of Directors since 2017. He is Head of Hecht Healthcare Consulting in Küssnacht, Switzerland, a biopharmaceutical consulting company founded in 2002. Dr. Hecht also serves as a member of the board of directors of BioInvent International AB, and as chairman of the board of directors of Affimed GmbH and Orion Biotechnology Canada, Ltd.

Until the beginning of March 2015, he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Council of SuppreMol GmbH. Dr. Hecht was previously Vice President of Marketing at Amgen Europe. A seasoned manager and industry professional, he held various positions of increasing responsibility in clinical development, medical affairs, and marketing at Amgen between 1989 and 2002. Prior to joining the biopharmaceutical industry, he was certified in internal medicine and served as Co-Head of the Program for Bone Marrow Transplantation at the University of Freiburg, Germany.