Peter Savas
Chairman of the Board
Peter Savas brings over 30 years of experience in executive leadership positions across life sciences. He was CEO of Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chairman and CEO of Aderis Pharmaceuticals, developer of the Neupro® transdermal patch marketed worldwide to treat Parkinson’s disease and Restless Legs Syndrome and Chairman and CEO of Unisyn, a cGMP contract manufacturer of biologics for clinical trials. Peter also held executive and operating leadership positions with Bristol Myers, Waters, Millipore, Genex and Zymark. With a personal mission for entrepreneurism and pursuing advancement in neurologic science, Peter bridges strategic and operational healthcare experience with broad access to industry, academia, regulatory and capital markets leaders. Peter holds a BS in Chemistry from Syracuse University and is credentialed as a Professional Director by the American College of Corporate Directors.
Dr. Jonathan Gertler – MD
Board member
Jonathan P. Gertler joined BioVentures Investors in 2019 and is currently a Managing Director. He has over 35 years of scientific, clinical, entrepreneurial, transactional, and investment expertise in both academic medicine and in the life sciences sector. Dr. Gertler is also the co-founder, Managing Partner and CEO of Back Bay Life Science Advisors, a global life science consultancy and advisory group, and founder of three additional healthcare companies.
Homer Pien – PhD
Board Member
Homer Pien currently serves on multiple boards and was most recently SVP and Chief Scientific Officer at Philips for the Precision Diagnosis cluster of businesses, and prior to that Chief Technology Officer for Imaging System, at Philips as well. Before joining Philips in 2012, he was in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he led the Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Computations. Homer was also at two start-ups, one of which was a biotech company he co-founded and served as CEO prior to the company being acquired. Earlier in his career Homer was at MIT Lincoln Lab and Draper Lab. Homer has a PhD in computer science from Northeastern University (Boston, MA), and MS Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA).
Ulrik Spork
Board Member
Ulrik Spork is active as Chairman, board member, and advisor in several emerging life-science and MedTech companies as well as two venture/PE funds-of-funds. For over 25 years Ulrik held senior positions in the Novo Group, where he effectively executed Novo Nordisk’s corporate development activities. He also founded and led as Senior/Managing Partner the Venture, Growth Equity, and Principal Investment activities in Novo Holdings A/S. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from Danish Technical University.
Claudia Colciago – PhD
Board member
Dr. Claudia Maria Colciago is a Senior Investment Manager in Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund and member of several boards. She previously held positions such as Associate Director at Takeda Digital Ventures. Prior to that, at MTIP she led a $20m+ financing round in Oviva and partook in the first and following investment in other portfolio companies such as Coramaze, Blueprint Genetics, Tyto Care, Lumeon, and Cynerio. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and a post-doc, where she led a proof-of-concept project of a digital health start-up.
