Vincent Mutel, PhD
Chairman of the Board

Dr. Mutel is a seasoned life science entrepreneur. He is currently co-founder and CEO of Inflamalps S.A., co-founder and chairman of Tauderma S.A. and was co-founder, CEO and vice chairman of Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a company he brought to the public Swiss market, and prior to these assignments he was Research Area Head in the CNS division at the Swiss pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Massimo Nobile, PhD

Dr. Nobile is head of Life Sciences initiatives at CimArk. Since 2016, he also acts as CEO of the Swiss Biotech Center, a daughter company of CimArk. Massimo joined CimArk in 2010 with the mission to support innovation and economic development in Life Sciences sectors. Massimo manages the technological incubator BioArk, located in Monthey, and is start-up coach at the The Ark Foundation. Prior to joining CimArk, Massimo was leading the Swiss activities of Opsona Therapeutics Ltd, an Irish drug development company. He was in particular in charge of transferring assets to Opsona and launching a novel drug development program. Massimo also worked at Apoxis S.A. that became Topotarget Switzerland S.A. in 2007, and was involved in several immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory drug development programs, from the discovery to the pre-clinical phases. Massimo did his PhD thesis at the University of Lausanne, in the laboratory of AIDS immunopathogenesis.

Alexander Klimov

Mr. Klimov holds senior management positions at international energy companies in Ukraine, including UGV, the largest producer of natural gas, and Geo Alliance/Vitol Group, the leading international trading and exploration group. He is responsible for strategic development and investment decisions as Director and Head of Strategy/Investments. During his career, he was instrumental for a number of cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions, transactions and investment projects in Energy, Metals & Mining, Technology and Real Estate. He was previously Investment Director at the EastOne Group, Interpipe, Metinvestholding/SCM Group and New Europe/Ikon Private Equity. He received his BA in International Economics from the Kiev National Economic University, Ukraine.