Anders Kronborg, M.Sc. Economics

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr Kronborg is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years experience as CEO, CFO or COO. After he graduated as economist from Copenhagen University he spent 7 years in different roles in the ministry of Finance. From 2007-2015 Mr Kronborg worked for Kinnevik – a Swedish investment company listed in Stockholm – from 2012-2015 as COO for the whole group,  getting private companies ready to go public and listing them together with other investors.

More recently (2015-2022) Mr Kronborg was CFO and interim CEO in LEO Pharma – a global Pharma company specialized in skin diseases.

Teis Vester, MSc

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Teis Vester is an experienced finance executive with a background in group finance and auditing within Danish biotech.

Mr Vester has significant experience with financial planning, corporate accounting, financial reporting, controlling, and managing risk and compliance in both private and listed companies.

Mr Vester is Partner at Atlab, a specialized financial consultancy and previously has held roles as Head of Group Accounting at Symphogen and Group Financial Controller at Vestas and ISS. He started out his career in auditing at Deloitte and Lokalrevisorerne after earning a MSc in Business Economics and Auditing from Copenhagen Business School.

Thomas Jørgensen, MSc

VP CMC & CLINICAL OPERATIONS

Thomas Jørgensen has more than 30 years of experience working within the global pharmaceutical industry with clinical and pre-clinical program management, alliance management and CMC development for a variety of therapeutic modalities such as peptides, biologics, live biotherapeutics, and fermentation products.

Thomas’ former appointments include Senior Director, Savara, Director, Chr Hansen Microbiome Center, Program manager, Ferring Pharmaceutical, Alliance and Program manager, Symphogen, Group leader, CMC, Astra Zeneca and Research Scientist, Novo Nordisk. 

Samra Sanni, PhD

VP DRUG RESEARCH

Samra Sanni is a biotech executive with a successful track record of discovery and development of novel peptide therapeutics within the cardio-metabolic space. Dr Sanni has significant experience from both smaller biotech and large pharma and has an impressive track record of bringing new molecules forward into clinical development. Previously, Dr Sanni served as Director of Pharmacology at Bainan Biotech and was previously employed at Antag Therapeutics and Novo Nordisk where she contributed to discovering and advancing new drugs in the company’s pipelines. Samra holds a Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology from the University of Copenhagen.

Anders Kronborg, M.Sc. Economics

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr Kronborg is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years experience as CEO, CFO or COO. After he graduated as economist from Copenhagen University he spent 7 years in different roles in the ministry of Finance. From 2007-2015 Mr Kronborg worked for Kinnevik – a Swedish investment company listed in Stockholm – from 2012-2015 as COO for the whole group,  getting private companies ready to go public and listing them together with other investors.

More recently (2015-2022) Mr Kronborg was CFO and interim CEO in LEO Pharma – a global Pharma company specialized in skin diseases.

Dr Veng has operational leadership experience from both small and large organizations and has always worked at the intersection of business and innovation.

Most recently, Dr. Veng served as CEO and co-founder of Clinical Microbiomics. During her career, she has held various senior research leadership roles, including Head of Pharmacology and DMPK at LEO Pharma, preclinical team leader at Merck & Co, and H. Lundbeck. Dr. Veng has overseen the drug discovery, nomination and clinical transition of a number of drug candidates for inflammatory and neurological disorders.

Teis Vester, MSc

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Teis Vester is an experienced finance executive with a background in group finance and auditing within Danish biotech.

Mr Vester has significant experience with financial planning, corporate accounting, financial reporting, controlling, and managing risk and compliance in both private and listed companies.

Mr Vester is Partner at Atlab, a specialized financial consultancy and previously has held roles as Head of Group Accounting at Symphogen and Group Financial Controller at Vestas and ISS. He started out his career in auditing at Deloitte and Lokalrevisorerne after earning a MSc in Business Economics and Auditing from Copenhagen Business School.

Thomas Jørgensen

VP CMC  & CLINICAL OPERATIONS

Thomas Jørgensen has more than 30 years of experience working within the global pharmaceutical industry with…

clinical and pre-clinical program management, alliance management and CMC development for a variety of therapeutic modalities such as peptides, biologics, live biotherapeutics, and fermentation products.

Thomas’ former appointments include Senior Director, Savara, Director, Chr Hansen Microbiome Center, Program manager, Ferring Pharmaceutical, Alliance and Program manager, Symphogen, Group leader, CMC, Astra Zeneca and Research Scientist, Novo Nordisk. 

Samra Sanni, PhD

VICE PRESIDENT OF DRUG RESEARCH

Samra Sanni is a biotech executive with a successful track record of discovery and development of novel peptide therapeutics within the cardio-metabolic space.

Dr Sanni has significant experience from both smaller biotech and large pharma and has an impressive track record of bringing new molecules forward into clinical development. Previously, Dr Sanni served as Director of Pharmacology at Bainan Biotech and was previously employed at Antag Therapeutics and Novo Nordisk where she contributed to discovering and advancing new drugs in the company’s pipelines. Samra holds a Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology from the University of Copenhagen.