Live Events:
The opportunity to connect with leading experts and fellow CEOs.
CEO reTREAT Jeffries London '24
We are offering a CEO reTREAT on the Tuesday of the Jeffries Conference.
In Person CEO Clinic - Ted Love: Developing and managing your Exit Strategy
Ted Love - Chair of the Board of Directors at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Nathan Furr (INSEAD) - Leadership in Uncertain Times
Nathan Furr - Professor of Innovation and Strategy at INSEAD
Nathan earned his PhD from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University and holds BA, MA and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University. He has held permanent or visiting positions at INSEAD, ESSEC, and BYU.
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Aoife Brennan (ex-CEO Synlogic Therapeutics): Lessons learned from leading a cross functional team through crisis
Aoife Brennan - ex-CEO Synlogic Therapeutics
Dr. Aoife Brennan, M.B. Ch.B., is an accomplished biotechnology leader with over 20 years of experience leading drug development organizations across a range of stages and therapeutic areas.
MASTERMIND: Catherine Pickering (iOnctura) / Roel Bulthuis (Syncona) - Raising a €80 mil Series B round for iOnctura
Catherine Pickering - CEO of iOnctura
Roel Bulthuis - Managing Partner and Head of Investments of Syncona Investment Management Ltd
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Jeff Berkowitz (CEO Real Endpoints Inc.) - Market Access & The U.S.
Jeff Berkowitz - CEO Real Endpoints Inc.
Jeff is a leader in providing insights, support and tools to strengthen access to pharmaceutical innovation for an evolving healthcare landscape with a concentrated focus on value based arrangements, patient services and market access support for pharmaceutical manufacturers and payors.
reTREAT @ JP Morgan '25
Those who came last year know that we have a wonderful space for our members in San Francisco.
We will be open for meetings from 7am - 6pm Monday - Wednesday.
The CEO Clinic: Eliot Forster (CEO Levicept) - The Leader as a Coach
Eliot Forster - CEO at Levicept
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
The CEO Clinic: Jean Christophe Tellier (CEO UCB) - Defining your own Leadership Style
Jean-Christophe Tellier - Chief Executive Officer at UCB
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
INSIGHTS/ The Experts: François Candelon & Leonid Zhukov (BCG Henderson Institute) - How can GenAI expand your workforce?
François Candelon & Leonid Zhukov - BCG Henderson Institute
François Candelon is currently a Partner at Seven2, a French private equity firm. Previously, he served as the Global Director of the BCG Henderson Institute (2019-2024).
Leonid Zhukov is the Director of the BCG Global AI Institute, where he plays a pivotal role in exploring how artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI (GenAI), can transform industries.
The CEO Clinic: Ted Love - Developing and managing your exit strategy
Ted Love - Chair of the Board of Directors at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Arnaud Chevallier (IMD) - The Art of Asking Smarter Questions
Arnaud Chevallier - Professor of Strategy at IMD
At IMD, Arnaud is the Director of the Global Management Foundations program, which is a core component of the executive MBA, the master of science in sustainable management and technology offered jointly with EPFL and the Université de Lausanne, and various other IMD programs.
The CEO Clinic: Edwin Moses - Crises: What could go wrong and what not to do
Edwin Moses - Chairman of Achilles Therapeutics (UK), Avantium NV (Netherlands), LabGenius Ltd (UK)
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
MASTERMIND: Claudia Ulbrich - Founding, building and exiting Cardior Pharmaceuticals
Claudia Ulbrich - CEO at Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: David Dye (Let's Grow Leaders) - How to lead when you feel like your team lacks a sense of urgency
David Dye - President at Let’s Grow Leaders
David is President of Let’s Grow Leaders, a global leadership development firm known for practical tools and techniques for human-centered leaders.
The Board Review - Best Practice
Dr. Randall Peterson - Senior Director of the Leadership Institute of the London Business School
Dr. JoEllyn Prouty McLaren - CEO & CLO at TalentSage
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Cyril Peupion - Challenging your productivity: Work Smarter / Live better
Cyril Peupion - Team Well-Being and Productivity Expert & Author
Cyril is a thought leader in the areas of productivity, time management and work life balance. As one of the world’s leading experts on productivity, Cyril supports executives, leaders and teams to improve performance & work life balance by changing work habits.
MASTERMIND: Ray Barlow (SynOx Tx) -Financing a late-stage single-asset biotech company
Ray Barlow - CEO at SynOx Therapeutics
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Elaine V. Jones (NED and Board Chair) - Managing an investor-dominated board
Dr. Elaine V. Jones - NED and Board Chair
Dr. Jones currently serves on the boards of the publicly traded companies CytomX (NASDAQ: CTMX), HBM Healthcare Investments AG (SIX: HBMN), and NextCure (NASDAQ: NXTC), and is the Chair of Gritstone bio (NASDAQ: GRTS). In addition, Dr. Jones is Chair of Mironid, a privately held UK company (Edinburgh, Scotland) focused on new treatments for degenerative kidney disease, and serves as a Director of Myeloid Therapeutics (Cambridge, MA), a private company developing products to reprogram myeloid cells for cancer therapy. She also serves on the advisory board of the Novartis Venture Fund and as a member of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Product Development Review Council.
Cooley Office Hour: Life Science Deals - The State of the Nation
Brandon Fenn - Partner (New York) and Tom Goodman - Partner (London)
This is our first Cooley Office Hour, where Tom Goodman from the London office and Brandon Fenn from their NY office will discuss the current landscape of deals in financing, partnering and M&A.
INSIGHTS/ The Investor: Bruce Booth (Atlas Ventures) - The CEO / Board Chair relationship, getting it right
Bruce Booth - Partner at Atlas Venture
Bruce is currently chairman of Arkuda Therapeutics, AvroBio (NASDAQ:AVRO), Hotspot Therapeutics, Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KYMR), Matchpoint Therapeutics, Nimbus Therapeutics, and Vigil Neuroscience (NASDAQ: VIGL). He also serves on the boards of Lifordi and Sionna Therapeutics, and several seed stage companies. He previously served on the boards of past Atlas companies Avila (acquired by Celgene), Lysosomal Therapeutics (acquired by Bial), Padlock (acquired by BMS), Prestwick (acquired by Biovail), Rodin Therapeutics (acquired by Alkermes), Stromedix (acquired by Biogen), and a number of other ventures.
MASTERMIND: Tim Dyer - Agile financing of Addex Therapeutics and Neurosterix
Tim Dyer - Co-Founder, Director and CEO of Addex Therapeutics and Neurosterix
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS: Rodger Novak & Shaun Foy (CRISPR Therapeutics)-Going stateside: Attracting the best talent, striking the balance in management between EU/US, attracting US investors
Shaun Foy & Rodger Novak - Co-Founders at CRISPR Therapeutics
Rodger and Shaun co-founded CRISPR Therapeutics in Switzerland in 2013 with Nobel Prize Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier but pivoted the company’s footprint towards the U.S. very early on and with good reason, including an IPO on NASDAQ in 2016.
INSIGHTS/ The CEO/ Investor: Detlev Biniszkiewicz (MPM Capital) - Bridging the mindset gap, advice from a European for Europeans
Detlev Biniszkiewicz - Managing Director at MPM BioImpact
Detlev is a serial entrepreneur and an experienced biopharma executive who brings deep knowledge of oncology and immuno-oncology to his role; recently, Detlev served as CEO of portfolio company NextPoint Therapeutics.
The CEO Clinic: Eva-Lotta Allan - Post-Partnering Pathways: Shaping the Future of a Biotech and Pharma Collaboration
Eva Lotta-Allan - Independent Director
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 8 Members.
MASTERMIND: Bobby Gaspar - Sale of Orchard Therapeutics to Kyowa Kirin
Bobby Gaspar - CEO at Orchard Therapeutics
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Ted Love - Developing and managing your exit strategy (Copy)
Dr. Ted Love - Chair of the Board of Directors at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Dr. Love currently serves on the boards of directors of Royalty Pharma and Seagen. Dr. Love holds a B.A. in molecular biology from Haverford College and an M.D. from Yale Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
MASTERMIND: Maximilien Levesque (AQEMIA) - Raising €60 mio of Series A financing
Maximilien Levesque - CEO at AQEMIA
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert - Scott Chambers: Are you set up to drive innovation? Psychological safety and your team.
Scott Chambers - Managing Partner at Caerus Change
Scott is a leading expert in psychological safety with decades of experience as a trainer, facilitator and coach.
The CEO Clinic: Jan van de Winkel (CEO Genmab) - Do you know the secret sauce of your organization?
Jan van de Winkel - CEO Genmab
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 5 - 6 Members.
The CEO Clinic: Sheila Gujrathi (Chair Ventyx BioSciences) - Scaling clinical programs in challenging markets
Sheila Gujrathi - Chair Ventyx BioSciences
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 5 - 6 Members.
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Kevin Pojasek (Enara Bio): Company Culture, Growth and Learning
Kevin Pojasek - CEO at Enara Bio
Kevin joined Enara Bio in 2018 bringing 20 years of leadership, company building and strategic investment experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. He is also a Venture Partner at SV Health Investors.
MASTERMIND: Marina Udier (Nouscom) - Raising €67.5 mil in Series C funding
Marina Udier - Nouscom
MASTERMIND is an opportunity for informal CEO peer-to-peer conversations. Each MASTERMIND is anchored by a member willing to share and discuss a particular experience / expertise.
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Zahed Kamathia (LEGO Group) - Putting the forever-learner mindset at the centre of everything your company does.
Zahed Kamathia - VP, Global Head of Talent at the Lego Group
Zahed Kamathia is an influential and creative, senior transformation and HR leader with over 20 years’ international experience in leading people-orientated business transformation and cultural change across FTSE 100 Retail, Financial Services, Consumer Goods and Pharmaceutical industries.
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Ankit Mahadevia (Chairman Spero Therapeutics) - The quiet leader
Ankit Mahadevia - Chairman at Spero Therapeutics
Ankit is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. He has co-founded nine biotechnology companies, including Spero Therapeutics.
The CEO Clinic: Deborah Dunsire - Building high-performance teams and boards in Europe and the U.S.
Deborah Dunsire - Former CEO at H. Lundbeck A/S
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 5 - 6 Members.
The CEO Clinic: Jean-Christophe Tellier (CEO of UCB) - Personal development for a life science CEO
Jean-Christophe Tellier - CEO of UCB
CEO Clinics are an intimate forum for confidential exchange on a given topic and therefore limited to 5 - 6 Members.