Margarita brings to Newron over 20 years of dealmaking expertise and leadership in the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, she was Managing Director of AbbVie Ventures, where she led investments and built biotech companies across the US and Europe. Margarita also served as a board member for several biotech companies across the US and Europe. As a Director in Abbott’s Global Pharmaceutical Licensing & Acquisitions Division, she was involved in the successful in-licensing of Elagolix and the acquisitions of Solvay, ImmuVen and the Lupron franchise.

Stefan Weber was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Newron in 2012. He had been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since April 2005. Stefan holds a master’s degree in business management from FernUniversität Hagen (Diplom-Kaufmann). He has more than 30 years of industry experience in finance and general management. From 2001 to 2005, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Biofrontera, a company active in drug discovery and development.

Gillian is the Chief Scientific Officer at Juvenescence UK LTD since October 2023 and has 30+ years of experience in research, development, approval, and commercialization of new medicines in both “Big Pharma” and as an entrepreneur in the biotech environment.

Luca Benatti is Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of TES Pharma. He has over 30 years’ experience in Pharma and Biotech. He was the CEO of EryDel since 2012, recently acquired by Quince Therapeutics. and the Co-founder and CEO of Newron Pharmaceuticals.

Patrick Langlois, a director since 2008, was the CFO and Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of Aventis from 2002 to 2005 and served for 30 years in various senior financial functions at Rhône-Poulenc and the Aventis Group in France and the USA. Prior to that, he was with Banque Louis-Dreyfus. He currently is General Partner of PJL Conseils, a consulting firm in healthcare. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Rennes (France). Patrick Langlois is Director on the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Innate Pharma S.A.

Chris Martin is a recognized leader in the biopharma industry who has taken therapeutic technology from the lab bench through to regulatory approval and global market sales. Over his career, he has raised more than $1.4 billion on the capital markets to support the development of his companies. He was instrumental in co-founding ADC Therapeutics in 2012 and served as its CEO from 2015 until 2022.