CEVEC PHARMACEUTICALS

Our purpose is
to unlock the full potential of advanced therapies

Management

Dr. Nicole Faust has more than 20 years of management experience in the biotechnology sector. Before joining CEVEC, she held leadership positions with Lonza and Taconic Biosciences. She has a scientific background in stem cell biology and holds a PhD in cell and molecular biology from University of Freiburg and an MBA from Educatis University, Switzerland. She is a member of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy and currently Chair of the Gene Therapy Advisory Committee of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM).

DR. NICOLE FAUST

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Silke Wissing has wide-ranging experience in the fields of virology, cell biology and cell line development, as well as molecular biology. Before joining CEVEC in 2011, she held a position as a group leader in the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology, San Francisco, where she performed research in the field of HIV-1 biology, stem cell research and cell line development. Dr. Silke Wissing holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Tübingen.

DR. Silke Wissing

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Ulrich Kettling is CBO at CEVEC Pharmaceuticals. Before joining CEVEC in 2018, Dr. Kettling served in various commercial and technical management positions both, in large multinational corporations and in smaller Biotechs, including Clariant; Süd-Chemie; Direvo Biotech. He graduated in Biotechnology and obtained a Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen.

DR. Ulrich Kettling

Chief Business Officer

Dr. Nadine Sandhöfer joined CEVEC in 2015. She holds a PhD in human biology with a strong scientific background in tumor biology and in the field of targeted therapies. As a scientist and research manager, Nadine held positions with the Helmholtz Center Munich and the DKFZ Heidelberg. During her position in an ISO certified medical laboratory at the University Hospital Munich, she was trained and certified as quality management representative and internal auditor.

DR. NADINE SANDHÖFER

Director QA and Regulatory Affairs

Board

DR. JOACHIM RAUTTER

Partner at PEPPERMINTVENTURE PARTNERS
Chairman of the Board

KARLHEINZ SCHMELIG

Managing Partner
at Creathor Venture

DR. ARISTOTELIS NASTOS

Head of Life Sciences
at NRW Bank Venture Fund

BART BERGSTEIN

Cofounder of Forbion Capital Partners
Former Life Science Venture Capitalist

DR. KLAUS ZIMMERMANN

Barrister-at-law

Scientific Advisory Board
for Viral Vectors

PROF. DR. STEFAN KOCHANEK

Professor at the University of Ulm
and Director of the Department of Gene Therapy

DR. OTTO MERTEN

Specialist in gene therapy/vector manufacturing
Miltenyi Biotec

Dr. J. Fraser Wright

Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

Scientific Advisory Board
for Process Optimization

PROF. DR. JÜRGEN HUBBUCH

Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Head of the Institute of Engineering in Life
Section IV: Biomolecular Separation Engineering

PROF. DR. THOMAS NOLL

Professor and Chair for Cell Culture Technology
University of Bielefeld

Franz Nothelfer

Former Associate Director Protein Science
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG

Investors

GAT Holding (Switzerland), CEVEC’s management and further private investors are complementing the investor base of CEVEC Pharmaceuticals GmbH

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