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Annual Report 2024
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Board of Directors

Chairman

Dr. Thomas von Planta

Dr. Thomas von Planta is Chairman since 2024 and has been a member of the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since 2019. Since 2006, he is owner of CorFinAd AG – Corporate Finance Advisory (advisory for M&A transactions and capital market financings). He chaired the Bellevue Group from March 2015 until March 2019. Previously he worked for Vontobel Group from 2002 until 2006 as interim Head Investment Banking/Head of Corporate Finance and member of the extended executive board. Prior to that he was with Goldman Sachs from 1992 until 2002, lastly in London in the Equity Capital Markets Group/Investment Banking Division. Dr. von Planta holds a degree in law from the Universities of Basel and Geneva (Dr. iur.) and is also an attorney at law. Dr. von Planta is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bâloise Holding AG since April 2021.

Vice-Chairman

Dr. Clive Meanwell

Dr. Clive Meanwell is Vice-Chairman and has been a member of the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since 2004. He founded and is the Executive Chairman of Population Health Partners LLC as well as Metsera Inc. Dr. Meanwell is also a member of the Board of Directors of Fractyl Health Inc., Saama Technologies Inc. and Hugo Health Inc. Previously, Dr. Clive Meanwell founded The Medicines Company in 1996 and from then until January 2020 he was a member of the Board of Directors and held a range of leadership positions including Chairman, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive and Chief Innovation Officer. From 1995 until 1996, he was a founding partner and managing director of MPM Capital L.P. Earlier in his career, Dr. Meanwell held various positions at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel and Palo Alto, California. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Birmingham in the UK where he also trained in medical oncology.

Member

Laura Hamill

Laura Hamill has been a member of the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since March 2022. She brings more than 30 years of experience in the biopharma industry and most recently serviced as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations at Gilead Sciences. Prior to Gilead, Ms. Hamill worked at Amgen for almost 20 years in a number of executive leadership roles in the United States (US) and internationally. In her last role at Amgen, she led the US Commercial Operations with annual revenue of USD 20 bn. Ms. Hamill is a Director for Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Unchained Labs and a member of the Advisory Committee for Launch Therapeutics, part of the Carlyle Group. Ms. Hamill holds a B.A. in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing, from the University of Arizona.

Member

Dr. Pearl Huang

Dr. Pearl Huang has been a member of the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since March 2022. Dr. Huang studied life sciences at MIT as an undergraduate and earned a doctorate in Molecular Biology from Princeton University. She has spent over 30 years in the pharma and biotech industries, and to date, has contributed to the development of eight medicines that are used by patients every day. Dr. Huang has been appointed CEO of Dunad Therapeutics in June 2022. Prior to that she served as CEO of Cygnal Therapeutics. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Waters Corporation and a member of the advisory committee of MIT Corporation.

Member

Camilla Soenderby

Camilla Soenderby has been a member of the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since March 2024. She brings 25 years of international leadership experience from executive roles at leading biopharma companies in the EU, the US and Asia. Most recently, Ms. Soenderby was a corporate officer at Takeda leading global portfolio commercialisation. Prior to that, she worked as SVP, Head of Global Product Strategy for Shire, having previously held regional- and general management positions at Roche Pharma, Abbott (now AbbVie) and Schering Plough. She began her career as a consultant at McKinsey, and holds a Master’s degree from Copenhagen University. She is an independent Director at Abivax, F2G and Affibody, member of the Novo Advisory Group and advisor to the private equity group EQT.

Member

Prof. Dr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen

Prof. Dr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen has been on the Board of Directors of BB Biotech AG since 2020. In 2021, Prof. Dr. Thomsen became CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. He was previously with Novo Nordisk where he served as Executive Vice President, Head of R&D and Chief Science Officer. Prof. Dr. Thomsen has chaired Danish Research Council programs within endocrinology, and he is a former president of Denmark’s National Academy of Technical Sciences. Until 2020, Prof. Dr. Thomsen chaired the governing board of the University of Copenhagen. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Copenhagen. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Felix Pharmaceuticals and a member of the Board of Directors of the BioInnovation Institute Foundation.