Dr. Chandra P. Leo has worked in venture capital / private equity since 2001, focusing on investments in biotech/pharma and medical devices. He is a member of the private equity team at HBM Partners, a global investor in healthcare and life science companies. As such, Dr. Leo is responsible for HBM’s investments in several private companies in the United States and Europe. He previously practised as a physician in Leipzig, Germany, and worked as a postdoctoral scientist at Stanford University. Dr. Leo attended medical school at the Freie Universität Berlin (Charité) and King’s College London and holds an MBA degree from INSEAD. He currently serves as President of the INSEAD Healthcare Alumni Network which he co-founded in 2006.

Roman Rittweger, MD, the founder of "Roman Rittweger Advisors in Healthcare" has a medical degree and received an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau. For several years he gained consulting experience at A.T.Kearney and McKinsey & Company. Roman Rittweger founded and managed ArztPartner almeda AG, an innovative service provider for payors and a market leader in disease management, which was taken over 2001 by DKV AG (Europe’s largest private health insurance). He was one of the pioneers of disease management and managed care in Germany. Roman Rittweger then joined BBDO Consulting as a Managing Partner responsible for healthcare. His enthusiasm for "healthcare-branding" originated from the confrontation with increasing competition in all sectors of healthcare. Since the foundation of "Roman Rittweger Advisors in Healthcare", Roman Rittweger and his teams support Fortune 500 and Dax companies as well as successful SMEs in mastering a variety of entrepreneurial challenges.

Aleksandar Ruzicic is a Principal at the Zurich office of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, one of the world's leading strategy consultancies, responsible for the Competence Center Pharma & Healthcare in Switzerland. Since the beginning of his consulting career in 1994, he has advised international pharmaceutical and medical devices companies on strategic and operational topics from R&D to marketing and sales, particularly on new business models and commercial effectiveness projects. Aleksandar Ruzicic has published a series of reports and articles on these issues and leads Roland Berger Strategy Consultants' ongoing research into the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. Mr. Ruzicic has obtained a Master of Science in Chemistry from University of Zürich and holds an MBA degree from INSEAD. He currently serves as Vice President of the INSEAD Healthcare Alumni Network which he co-founded in 2006.

Before joining Civitas International Ulrich was the Head of the German Healthcare Practices of Russell Reynolds Associates and Egon Zehnder International.  

Before that he was the CEO of the Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik GmbH, a subsidiary of Rhön-Kliniken AG. He began his professional career as a Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group in Munich, where he last held the position of Senior Manager of the healthcare practice.  

Ulrich Thess completed his study of medicine as a licensed physician at the Universities of Bonn and Munich, earning the degree of Dr. med. He went on to earn his MBA at the INSEAD/Fontainebleau.      

He currently serves as Director of the INSEAD Healthcare Alumni Network which he co-founded in 2006.

With over 10 years of experience in the area of digital marketing, Marc brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the sector. He has recently been appointed to teach a Masters level course “Operations Management in Digital Advertising” at the top-ten globally ranked IE University in Madrid.

Marc started his career in consulting having worked for both Andersen Consulting and PA Consulting before moving to the Internet world in the media division of Organic, Inc in 1998. Prior to this role, Marc was the Director of Interactive Marketing for Johnson & Johnson’s EMEA region.

Marc attended Cornell University and received his MBA from INSEAD in 2002. He is a member of the INSEAD Health Summit Committee and board member of the INSEAD Spanish Alumni Association.