Bernd R. Seizinger

Bernd serves as chairman or board member of several public and private biotech companies in the U.S., Canada and Europe, including BioInvent, Oxford BioTherapeutics, Aprea, CryptoMedix and Oncolytics. In addition, he serves on the advisory board of Pureos Ventures (BB Biotech/Bank Bellevue, Zurich) and is senior advisor to Hadean Ventures (Oslo and Stockholm). Previous senior executive positions in big pharma and biotech include CEO of GPC Biotech; VP Oncology and (in parallel) VP of Corporate Alliances at Bristol-Myers Squibb; and CEO and SVP & CSO of Genome Therapeutics Corporation. Moreover, he held senior faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Princeton University. Bernd is also a medical doctor and holds a Ph.D. in neurobiology.