MARKUS G. SCHRIBER
Former General Manager of DuPont de Nemours International in Geneva, M. Schriber is the Founder and President of the "Réseau", a non profit organisation with the objective of promoting and facilitating the creation of start-up companies in the field of high technology. He is Administrator of ETeCH, Zurich, member of the Board of "UNITEC" (Intellectual property and technology transfer at the University of Geneva), a former member of the Academic Council of the University of Geneva and the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Geneva Airport. M. Schriber is President of the Board of Directors of Eclosion SA.

WERNER SCHLEGEL, PHD
Prof. Schlegel obtained his Ph.D. at the Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (EPFZ) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at NIH Bethesda USA with the Nobel Prize winner Martin Rodbell. Since 1980 he has led his own research group on intracellular signalling at the University of Geneva. Director of the Foundation for Medical Research since 1994, he engaged this institution in the transfer of biotechnologies by the assimilation of several start-ups, among them NovImmune SA. Werner Schlegel has many international collaborations, in particular in Japan where he was an invited Professor of Kobe University in 1997 and of Osaka University in 2004. A graduate of the course for entrepreneurs ‘CREATE’, Prof Schlegel has co-founded start-ups, including Europroteome AG, of which he was the Chairman of the Board.

STEFAN CATSICAS, PHD
Prof. Catsicas received a PhD in Neurosciences from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and did postdoctoral work at the Research institute of Scripps Clinic (San Diego, USA). He was Department Head and managed research and preclinical programs in Neurosciences at the Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology (Geneva, Switzerland) and served as Professor and Chairman of Cellular Biology at the School of Medicine in Lausanne. He was then appointed Vice-President and Research Director at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) where he still holds the Chair of Cellular Engineering. In addition to his academic activities Prof. Catsicas has promoted and advised biotechnology companies in Europe and in the United States and has been an advisor for investment funds such as the Pictet Biotech Fund. He is a founder of Tilocor Life Science.

ANDRE BENDER
Professor André Bender holds a PhD in Business Administration, a first degree from the University of Geneva and the degree of Master of Science in Business (Finance) from the University of Kansas, USA. Throughout his professional career, he has authored numerous academic and professional publications. He was a member of many specialized associations, including the Swiss Financial Analysts Association SFAA, for which he played a key role in the creation of the training centre for investment professionals CFPI/AZEK. Prof. Bender is also the co-founder of Gesplan in 1971, a consulting firm in the fields of management and venture capital and a co-founder of the Centre d’Information et de formation Immobilières CIFI/IAZI in 1995, a firm that valuates property portfolios and regularly publishes property indices. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Rentes Genevoises, an institution that offers secured investment solutions for the retirement period. He is also a member of the Board of Banque de Patrimoines Privés Genève BPG and of Renaissance-PME, a venture capital investment trust created by Swiss pension funds.

BERTRAND REICH
Bertrand Reich holds a Master in Law degree at the University of Geneva. A lawyer at the Bar in Geneva, he rapidly created his own practice, before becoming an associate of Grosjean Didisheim Manfrini Reich, a well established legal practice in Geneva; he also sits as judge-assessor at the Court of Appeals for Leases and Rents.
He is closely involved in Geneva’s political life, and an enthusiast for the creation of companies; from 1996 to 2006 he sat on the Council of “Genilem” (centre of competences offering coaching and tools to entrepreneurs), and was a member of its Steering Committee. He has taken part, on a purely private basis, in the creation of several companies in Switzerland. He is a member of the committee of the “Chambre Genevoise Immobilière”, and is also a Director and Vice-President of the Foundation HBM Jean Dutoit, a Member of the Administrative Commission of the “Fondations Immobilières” and member of the Committee of the Civil-Service Pension Fund of the Canton of Geneva (CIA).

PATRICK SEGAL
Patrick Segal holds a Master’s degree in advanced commercial studies from the « Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris ». He was analyst of American securities for the « Caisse Centrale des Banques Populaires et Gestionnaire » of the SICAV Valorem. He then took a leading position at the Stock and Financial Management Department of the National Bank of Paris (BNP). From 1972 to 1979 he was a Managing Vice President of the French-American Capital Corporation (BNP Group) in New York. Back in Paris, M. Segal held the post of Managing Director of the SICAV - Savings Growth Investment Company and was responsible for Private Investment Advisors of the bank BNP Paribas for real-goods investments. Since 1981, Patrick Segal has been Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Bank in Geneva.

ROBERT KUSTER
After graduating from Geneva’s Faculty of Economics (Business administration), Robert Kuster was Assistant and Associate Professor at the same Faculty (Marketing, Business organization, applied statistics). Then, after 3 years at Capelin Associates Ltd, he was from 1973 to 1992 Managing Director of Gesplan SA and Gesplan Finanz Holding. He was co-founder of the "Swiss Equity Capital Association" (SECA). Until 2002 he was the Chief Officer at the Economic Promotion Office of the Department of Economy, Employment and External Affairs of the State of Geneva. He has since held various responsible positions. M. Kuster is Associate Secretary at the Direction of Economic Affairs and Chief Advisor for Economic Development at the Department of Economy and Health. He is Vice-President of the BioAlps and the Swiss Biotech associations, a member of the Board of Directors of Eclosion SA nominated by the Geneva Government, and member of the Board of the Geneva Foundation for Technological Innovation (FONGIT). M. Kuster is member of the Security Council (Conseil de surveillance), designated by the Geneva State Council, of the “Société d'Economie Mixte d'Archamps et du Genevois” (SEMAG). He is a member of the Board of the French-Swiss Foundation for research and technology (in the course of being constituted) and co-President of the Economic Board of the Franco-Genevan Regional Committee CRFG.

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