BONESUPPORT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President Global Marketing
Born: 1971
Employed since: 2019
Education: Bachelor degree in Chemistry from the Linköping Institute of Technology, LIU (Linköping University) and a post graduate certificate in Leadership from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Experience: Annelie Aava Vikner joined BONESUPPORT as Executive Vice President Global Marketing in March 2019. Annelie Aava Vikner has close to 30 years' of experience from marketing, sales and clinical trials in the field of medical technology & pharma. Before joining BONESUPPORT she worked at Medtronic in different regional leading positions, mainly within marketing.
Born: 1958
Elected: 2010
Education: MD. Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
Experience: Founder and Managing Partner of HealthCap. Björn Odlander has headed the Health Care Team at ABB Aros. He has pursued scientific research in the biochemistry of inflammation at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Björn Odlander has extensive experience from Board assignments from listed and private companies in the life-science sector and is currently on the Boards of inter alia Oncorena AB, Tribune AB and Carisma Terapeutics, Inc.
Born 1958. Member of the board of directors since 2010.
A founding partner of HealthCap. Dr. Odlander is a Medical Doctor and was previously a member of ABB Aros Management Committee and headed the Aros Health Care Team. Prior to joining Aros in 1992, Dr. Odlander was active at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to teaching medical students, he pursued scientific research in the biochemistry of inflammation. Dr. Odlander serves on the boards of the following comapanies; among others: Cardoz AB, OxThera AB, LTB4 Sweden AB and Nordic Nanovector AS.
Job Titles:
- CHAIRMAN of the Audit Committee
- MEMBER of the BOARD
Born: 1964
Elected: 2022
Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University.
Experience: Currently, Christine Rankin is a Board member of Coinshares International Ltd, Orexo AB, 4C Group AB and Starbreeze AB. Christine Rankin has previously been a Board member of Adventure Box Technology AB, Board member of Technopolis Plc, Senior Vice President Corporate Control at Veoneer Inc., CFO at Cherry AB, acting CFO/Head of Finance at Serneke Group, Head of Corporate Control at Spotify and partner/Head of US Capital Markets in Sweden at PwC.
Job Titles:
- MEMBER of the BOARD
- Partner of Tellacq
Born: 1956
Elected: 2016
Education: Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
Experience: Dr. Håkan Björklund is a partner in Tellacq AB, a private investment company. He was elected to the Board of Directors of BONESUPPORT in December 2016 in connection with the funding of USD 37 million (SEK 315 million), led by Tellacq. Dr. Håkan Björklund has a long and successful career in the healthcare industry, including as CEO of Nycomed. During his time there, Nycomed grew from being a small Scandinavian company to becoming a global business, which was bought by Takeda in 2011. He is currently Chair of the Board of BioPhorum, Asker Healthcare Group AB, Bohus BioTech AB and Intervacc AB.
Born 1956. Chairman of the board of directors from 2016 to 2019.
Dr. Björklund is Partner of Tellacq AB, a private investment firm. He joined the BONESUPPORT Board in December 2016 in conjunction with the Company's $37 million (SEK 315 million) financing, which was led by Tellacq. Dr. Björklund has a long and successful track record in the healthcare industry, including as the former CEO of Nycomed, which he grew from a small Scandinavian company into a global business before its acquisition by Takeda in 2011. He is currently chairman of the board of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB and an Industry Executive at Avista Capital Partners. He holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
Job Titles:
- Chief Medical Officer
- EVP MEDICAL & CLINICAL AFFAIRS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Born: 1974
Employed since: 2017
Education: M.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. Ph.D. from Friedrich-Schiller-Univer- sity, Jena, Germany. Certified orthopedic and trauma surgeon.
Experience: Dr. Michael Diefenbeck joined BONESUPPORT as Chief Medical Officer in April 2017. He founded Scientific Consulting in Orthopedic Surgery in 2014 and subsequently worked on several projects with BONESUPPORT as an independent medical advisor. He is currently honorary consultant at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals. He has 15 years of clinical experience from various hospitals in Germany, is the author of 24 published research articles in the field and is involved in the surgical education and training programs for students at University Hospital Jena.
Shareholding at December 31, 2023: 121,160 shares (own holding). He also has 360,000 employee stock options that can be converted to 72,000 shares.
Born: 1970
Employed since: 2018
Education: B.Sc. in Business Administration from Karlstad University
Experience: Emil Billbäck joined BONESUPPORT as Chief Executive Officer in March 2018. He has more than 25 years of experience in Life Science, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer at BSN Medical. He has had operational roles at Astra Zeneca and Beiersdorf, and that of Senior Strategic Advisor within ESSITY. Today he is a Board Member of Doctrin and has previously been a Board Member of ATOS. Emil Billbäck has lived and worked in the United States and in Germany.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- General Manager
- GM & EVP COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS EUROW
Born: 1970
Employed since: 2019
Education: HND Business & Finance, University of Bedfordshire, Executive Leadership Program, Center for Creative Leadership
Experience: Fergus MacLeod joined BONESUPPORT as General Manager & Executive Vice President Com- mercial Operations EUROW in November 2019. He has more than 20 years' experience from international sales leadership positions in the orthobiology and medical equipment sectors with companies such as Johnson Matthey, RTI Surgical and Stryker.
Born: 1965
Employed since: 2017
Education: M.Sc. in International Business & Economics from Lund University. Has studied at University of Cologne, Germany, and at the universities in Cincinnati and Delaware, USA.
Experience: Helena started at BONESUPPORT as Head of Human Resources in October 2017. She is a senior HR leader with more than 20 years of experience in a wide range of industries, from Life Science to IT/Telecom. She has held global HR roles at Astra Zeneca, Sony and Tetra Pak, developing organizations, people, leaders, teams and cultures as well as driving transformation and change.
Born: 1963
Employed since: 2018
Education: B.Sc. in Business Administration & Finance from Mid Sweden University.
Experience: Håkan Johansson joined BONESUPPORT as Chief Financial Officer in November 2018. He has more than 25 years of experience as CFO and other senior management roles from several industries in the public and private sectors. Prior to BONESUPPORT, Håkan Johansson was CFO for Northern Europe at Thunstall Healthcare Group (2012-2018), a global company in security technology and system solutions for healthcare. He has previously worked at toy manufacturer BRIO AB (publ) and Arctic Paper Group.
Job Titles:
- CHAIRMAN of the BOARD
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Senior Advisor for Patricia Industries AB
Born 1955. Member of the Board of Directors since 2017 and chairman since 2019.
Lennart Johansson has been Senior Advisor for Patricia Industries AB since 2015 and was previously Managing Director (Business Development, Operational and Financial Investments) at Investor AB (2006-2015). Prior to that, he was a partner and CEO of Emerging Technologies ET AB and b-business partners. Today he is a Board member of Chalmers Ventures AB, Hi3G Access AB, Atlas Antibodies AB and GoCo Development AB.
Lennart Johansson holds an MBA from Handelshögskolan, Stockholm (1980).
Born: 1957
Elected: 2022
Education: MD. from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA; Orthopedic Residency and Fellowship from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
Experience: Dr. Mary I O'Connor, MD, is Professor Emerita of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic and Past Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale University School of Medicine. In 2021, she became co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at Vori Health, a physician-led virtual musculoskeletal company. Honored with the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery 2023 Diversity Award, Dr. Mary I O'Connor is a nationally recognized leader in health equity, chairing the Movement is Life Caucus, a nonprofit multi-stakeholder coalition committed to addressing musculoskeletal health disparities, since its inception in 2010.
Born: 1975
Employed since: 2021
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering from Technical University of Denmark, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Copenhagen and an executive MBA from the AVT Business School in Denmark
Experience: Michael Wrang Mortensen joined BONESUPPORT in December 2021 as Executive Vice President with the overall responsibility for R&D and Operations. Michael has more than 15 years of experience from the Medical Device and Healthcare industry with solid leadership and management experience within Innovation, Product Realization, Commercial Development and Operations. Prior to joining BONESUPPORT, Michael Wrang Mortensen was Director for Development and Supply at Nanovi A/S. Before this Michael held various management positions at Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S innovating and developing combination products in partnership with large global players such as Ethicon Biosurgery Inc, Johnson and Johnson.
Job Titles:
- GM & EVP COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS NORTH AMERICA
Born: 1963
Employed since: 2020
Education: BA degree in international development from Clark University
Experience: Michael Roth started at BONESUPPORT as General Manager and Executive Vice President Commercial Operations for North America in June 2020. Michael Roth has over 25 years of experience with senior positions in both large and small companies active in orthopedics, with both direct and distributor-led sales. His most recent role was as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Surgical Planning Associates (HipXpert). He has also served as Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Region at both Wright Medical and Microport Orthopaedics.
Job Titles:
- Sales Director UK & Ireland