New appointees join executive positions to fuel growth

Novigenix, Modum and Taurus have announced the appointment of new members to the executive committee.

Novigenix SA, an ImmunoTranscriptomics startup is developing products for early cancer detection and precision medicine appointed Jan Groen to the position of Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Groen has many years of experience in the life science industry with a focus on emerging technologies, product development and commercialization. He was previously the President and CEO of MDxHealth SA (Euronext), an epigenetic diagnostic company focusing on urological cancers. During his nine years at MDxHealth, Groen oversaw the growth of total cumulative revenue to over US$100 million, the raising of more than US$80 million in equity financing. 

At Novigenix, Groen's leadership and considerable experience will contribute to making Colox the new colorectal cancer screening standard, while further developing the startup’s technology into other indications.

Modum welcomes new board member
Following the successful market introduction of its blockchain-secured supply chain automation solution together with Swiss Post and SAP last year, Modum has welcomed Mark Holenstein to the board to support the company’s growth ambitions. With the appointment of Holenstein, brings his profound B2B sales expertise to the board of directors. Holenstein is the Chief Operations Officer of Signavio and has previously worked in senior sales roles at Hybris and SAP for more than a decade, where he held the role of Executive Vice President Global Sales SAP Hybris. He has been appointed to the board of directors of modum.io AG as of 7 May 2019. 

Former CEO of Pictet Wealth Management joins Taurus
Taurus is a Geneva-based fintech startup developing a digital assets custody platform called TAURUS-PROTECT. To further build the company, Taurus has welcomed Christian Gellerstad, a recognized and respected figure in the Swiss financial industry, to the Board of directors.

Gellerstad has had an outstanding career with the Pictet Group in Switzerland, Europe and North America. He ultimately became Equity Partner and CEO of the Pictet Wealth Management unit, which he led from 2007 until 2018. He joined the Credit Suisse Group in 2019 as a Non-Executive Board Member, member of the Compensation Committee and the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee.

With his broad experience and expertise in the wealth management, asset management, and asset services areas, Gellerstad will support Taurus’ founding team particularly in developing the company in terms of conduct, control, and governance.

(Ran)

Picture: Jan Groen, Mark Holenstein, Christian Gellerstad (from left to right)