Our board of Directors includes:
Kim Bottkjaer – Chairman
Kim is Founder and managing partner of FIH PARTNERS, Denmark's leading M&A advisor. He has worked with the majority of listed biotech companies in Denmark and advised on numerous IPOs and rights issues in the biotech sector.
John Theroux – CEO and Director
John has served as head of the European practice of management consulants Bain and Company as well as senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and head of a number of early stage technology companies
Gyula Dekany – CSO, Founder and Director
Gyula has been involved in innovative carbohydrate ventures in both academic and commercial settings for more than 25 years.
Michel Gardet - Director
Michel is the Global Business Head of HealthCare Nutrition at Nestlé Health Science and has extensive experience in development and marketing of a wide range of health nutrition products.
Frank Knudsen - Director
Frank has been involved in more than 30 technology based startups as investment Director of Seed Capital, the largest seed focussed venture capital fund in Denmark and one of Glycom's original investors.
Thomas Schweizer - Director
Thomas is previous head of R&D, Nestle Nutrition, and has had a long career at top levels overseeing research and development programs in the largest food and nutrition company in the world.
Joachim Thiem - Founder and Director
Jo is Professor of Chemistry, University of Hamburg - and a world leading expert in carbohydrate synthesis including enzymatic technologies.
Outside of our own people, the Nestle Group has been an outstanding partner with Glycom in encouragement and funding of our program for commercialization of our HMOs in infant nutrition markets.
