Prof. Dr. Andrea Pfeifer, Chairperson
CEO of ACImmune SA; former Head of Global R&D at Nestlé |
Dr. Andrea Pfeifer is CEO of AC Immune, a Swiss Biotech Company, which she co-founded in 2003.
As former Head of Nestlé’s Global Research in Lausanne, Switzerland, she has extensive senior management experience leading the development of the first Functional Food and Cosmoceutical Products.
During this time, she also co-founded the Nestlé Venture Capital Fund, a € 100 million Life Sciences corporate venture fund.
She serves on the Board of Sygnis Pharma AG and holds a professorship from the EPFL, Lausanne.
Prof. Pfeifer is a registered Pharmacist and Toxicologist and author of more than 200 Papers and Abstracts in Leading Scientific Journals.
