Ton Logtenberg

Dr. Logtenberg is a highly respected, successful serial life sciences entrepreneur. He is the founder, former CEO and President of Merus N.V (NASDAQ: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company, advancing treatments based on multi-specific antibodies. He was also the founder and CEO of U-BiSys, a Dutch biotechnology company that merged with Introgene to become Crucell N.V., serving as its Chief Scientific Officer. Crucell was acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $2.4 billion in 2011. Dr Logtenberg also founded the HUB foundation for organoid technology with Dr Hans Clevers, and served on both its Board of Directors and Supervisory Board. As an antibody expert, he is currently the chairman of the board of Forbion’s portfolio company Synox Therapeutics, a board member of Mestag Therapeutics, also in Forbion’s portfolio, and board member of the Forbion European Acquisition Corporation, the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) raised by Forbion in December 2021. Dr. Logtenberg received a PhD in immunology from Utrecht University and did his post-doctoral work at Columbia University, New York. He is currently Professor in Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences at Utrecht University.