Team
Board of Directors

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Ali Salanti
Chief Executive Officer

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Mads Daugaard
Executive Chairman of the Board

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Thor G. Theander
Chief Medical Officer

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Poul Sorensen
Board Member

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Peter Schröcksnadel
Board Member

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Ali SalantiCEO
Co-founder of VAR2 Pharma. Ali has a PhD in Medicine and is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Translational Medicine & Parasitology at the University of Copenhagen. Ali has authored over 150 scientific publications and 10 patent families, raised over €50M and launched 5 spinouts.

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Mads DaugaardExecutive Chairman of the Board
Co-founder of VAR2 Pharma. Mads has a PhD in Molecular Cancer Biology and is currently Head of the Molecular Pathology Unit at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia (Canada). Mads has authored over 60 scientific publications and 10 patent families, raised over €50M and launched 4 spinouts.

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Thor G. TheanderChief Medical Officer
Co-founder of VAR2 Pharma. Thor is an MD DSc. He is the Founder and former Head of the Center for Medical Parasitology at Univ. Copenhagen. Thor has authored over 300 scientific publications, co-founded 7 companies and raised over €100M. Thor has participated in the design and execution of over 10 phase I-III clinical trials, including the first licensed malaria vaccine.

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Poul SorensenBoard Member
Co-founder of VAR2 Pharma. Poul is an MD PhD, board-certified anatomic pathologist and Professor at the University of British Columbia (Canada). Poul specializes in genetics and biology of pediatric cancers, has authored over 100 scientific publications, and raised over €50M.

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Peter SchröcksnadelBoard Member
Peter is a seasoned Austrian entrepreneur that founded and managed several companies. He joined the Board of VAR2 Pharma in 2016 and co-founded VarCT Diagnostics in 2017. He brings extensive business experience and vast networks from decades in the broadcasting/marketing industry and international alpine skiing organizations.

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Joseph RainerBoard Member
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Ali Salanti
Chief Executive Officer

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Dorte Holler Johansen
Chief Financial Officer

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Elena Vidal-Calvo
Research Scientist

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Frederico M. Pimenta
Chief Operating Officer

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Lara Duvnjak
PhD Fellow

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Nader Al Nakouzi
Senior Scientist - Preclinical Development

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Robert Dagil
Senior Scientist - CMC Development

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Swati Choudhary
Senior Scientist - CMC Development

Thomas Clausen
Chief Technology Officer

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Thor G. Theander
Chief Medical Officer

Tobias Gustavsson
Director CMC Development

Thomas Clausen
CTO

Tobias Gustavsson
Director CMC Development

Swati Choudhary
Senior Scientist - CMC Development

Robert Dagil
Senior Scientist - CMC Development

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Dorte Holler JohansenChief Financial Officer
Dorte has an MBA in Economics and over 20 years of business, financial and admin experience intersecting public-private sector in multiple companies. She has managed over 100 projects, incl. large, publicly funded multi-stakeholder consortia (incl. EU actions).

Elena Vidal Calvo
Research Scientist

Nader Al Nakouzi
Research Scientist

Chumpol Hueyploo
Lab Tech

Frederico Pimenta
COO

The Board and Management

Ali Salanti
CEO Ali Salanti is founder and CEO of VAR2 Pharma. He holds a Ph.D. in medicine and is Professor at University of Copenhagen.

Mads Daugaard
Executive Chairman of the Board Dr. Mads Daugaard is co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of VarCT Diagnostics and VAR2 Pharma

Peter Schröcksnadel
Board Member Professor Peter Schröcksnadel joined the Board of VAR2 Pharma in 2016 and co-founded VarCT Diagnostics in 2017. He brings extensive business experience and vast networks from decades in in the broadcasting/marketing industry and international alpine skiing organisations.

Thor G. Theander
Chief Medical Officer Professor Thor Theander is co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of VAR2 Pharma. Thor has published more than 200 scientific publications and been involved in a large number of clinical trials. Thor was instrumental in the original discoveries leading to the development of the VAR2 technology and is today Chief Medical Officer in the company

Poul Sorensen
Board Member Professor Sorensen is co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of VAR2 Pharma. He is a molecular pathologist and cancer biologist, specializing in the genetics and biology of pediatric cancers.
Joseph Rainer
Board Member
The Team

Tobias Gustavsson
Director CMC Development

Robert Dagil
Senior Research Scientist
CMC Development

Thomas Mandel Clausen
Chief Technology Officer

Dorte Holler Johansen
Chief Financial Officer

Swati Choudhary
Senior Research Scientist
CMC Development

Joseph Rainer
Senior Research Scientist
Preclinical Development

Elena Vidal-Calvo
Research Scientist

Chumpol Hueyploo
Laboratory Technician