Stéphane Boissel

Stéphane was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SparingVision concurrently to the first closing of the series A financing in August 2020.

He was previously Chairman of the Board of the Company. Prior to joining SparingVision as CEO, Stéphane served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy of Sangamo Therapeutics, based in San Francisco (USA). He joined Sangamo Therapeutics in 2018 on the back of the acquisition by the latter of TxCell SA, a CAR-Treg company he was the CEO of. Stéphane is an experienced biotech professional who brings over 25 years of leadership experience across corporate finance, strategy and business development. Prior to his appointment as CEO of TxCell in 2015, he served as CEO of Genclis, a molecular diagnostics company. From 2002 to 2010, he served as CFO then Deputy-CEO of Innate Pharma SA, and from 2010 to 2014 he served as Deputy-CEO of Trangene SA. Earlier in his career, Stéphane worked in investment banking for Lazard, where he focused on principal investment in France, Singapore and Hong Kong. He also served as board member or Chairman of the board in different companies in the tech and biotech spaces across different countries.

Mr. Boissel completed his undergraduate work in management and finance at the University of Lyon and Paris-Dauphine in France and received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Stéphane is based on both sides of the ocean.