Sakari Lassila
Chairman of the Board, Co-founder; M.Sc. (Econ. and BA)
Sakari has over 30 years of experience in international commercial and investment banking, corporate finance and investment company management, where he has held senior positions at Union Bank of Finland (now part of Nordea), Citibank, Alfred Berg and Carnegie.
Sakari is now active as a Board member in private and listed companies and a non-profit foundation.
Harry Holthöfer
Non-Executive Director, MD, PhD, Professor
Harry brings a wealth of international experience in translational research in diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
He served as Professor of Bioanalytical Sciences and Director and Chair of the Centre for BioAnalytical Sciences at Dublin City University from 2006-2016 and is currently Research Director at University of Helsinki, Finland, Adjunct Professor at University of Shenzhen, China and Visiting Professor at University of Hamburg, Germany. Harry is also co-founder and CEO of three start-up biotech companies.
Steven Myint
Non-Executive Director, MD, PhD, Professor
Steve is an advisor to the chairman of Singapore’s Agency for Science and Technology, amongst other governmental organizations. Previous roles include Executive Chairman of Green Signal Bio, one of India’s largest independent vaccine manufacturers, Global Medical Director of GlaxoSmithKline and Senior Vice-President for R&D/Chief Medical Officer at BTG International. He is actively involved in innovative biotech companies and co-founded Finland’s largest accelerator fund.
He is a Fellow or Member of several UK societies, including the Institute of Knowledge Transfer, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine.
Johanna Asklin
Non-Executive Director, PhD
Johanna Asklin has 15+ years of experience in strategy and business development in the life sciences industry. She has worked internationally with business development, entrepreneurship and development of diagnostics and therapeutics ranging from early-stage projects to start-ups and marketed products, most recently as Director of Operations at SAGA Diagnostics. Johanna holds an MSc in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD in Medicine from Göteborg University.