Board of Directors

Dr. Dorrepaal has a PhD from the Free University of Amsterdam, following four years as a research fellow in the Netherlands Cancer Institute. She also holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. In 1990, she joined Booz Allen Hamilton, Management Consultants, where she remained until 2004, being appointed Vice President in 2000. She specializes in the pharmaceutical industry and has advised large companies on strategy, sales, marketing, and supply chain issues. In 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of Schering AG. Following the acquisition of this company by Bayer AG, Dr. Dorrepaal left her position. Currently she is on the Board of Directors of Gerresheimer AG, Paion AG, the Kerry Group Plc., and is on the Industry Board of Triton Private Equity (in Germany), as well as some family owned companies and non-quoted companies.

Dr. Orlow holds a Doctor of Medicine and a PhD in Molecular Pharmacology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (US) and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Harvard College (US). He serves as a Senior Advisor to Pharus Securities. In the past, Dr. Orlow was, among other roles, a partner at Easton Capital Partners, co-founder of Anaderm Research Corporation, and a director of Protez Pharmaceuticals and Transave, Inc. Throughout his career, Dr. Orlow has been a Professor in the Departments of Dermatology, Cell Biology, and Pediatrics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he also served as Chair of the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology since 2006.

Mr. de Leyva holds an M.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering from the Engineering School of Madrid and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and specialized in Finance and Accounting. He has developed his career in top-level companies such as Unión Fenosa (1983-1986), and McKinsey & Company (1986-2006), in various executive positions and countries (including the UK and US) and is currently one of the founding partners of Magnum Industrial Partners, a leading Iberian private equity firm which has launched three funds to the market with c. €1.5 billion of committed capital. He also belongs to the Boards of Directors of Indra as well as several portfolio companies of the Magnum Funds. He has been Chairman or Director of companies in the Education, Energy, Industry, Health Care, B2B Services and Telecommunications industries.

Dr. Alexandra B. Kimball holds an AB in Molecular Biology from Princeton University, an MD from Yale University School of Medicine, and an MPH from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Professor Kimball is the President and CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC), member of the BIDMC Board of Directors and a dermatologist at the same centre. She is a Professor of Dermatology at the Harvard Medical School, as well as the Co-Chair of the Management Board at Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network (BILPN). In recognition of her research on physician workforce economics, quality of life, and outcomes, she was awarded the American Skin Association Research Award for Health Policy and Medical Education and the Mass General Hospital Bowditch Prize. Other awards include Mentor of the Year from the Women’s Derm Society and the Outstanding Physician-Clinician and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Psoriasis Foundation. Dr. Kimball has served on the non-profit Boards of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, and the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation. She is past President of the International Psoriasis Council and serves on the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Ms. Eva-Lotta Allan holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Jakobsbergskolan (Stockholm) and Microbiology from the Laboratory School University (Stockholm), and a Master Certificate in Marketing from the Institute for Higher Marketing Business School (Stockholm). Ms. Allan is Chairperson of the Board and member of the Audit and Renumeration Committee at Draupnir Bio, Chairperson of the Board of Maxion, and Non-Executive Director of Aleta Biotherapeutics and Crescendo Biologics.

Professional profile and biography
Ugo Di Francesco was CEO of the Chiesi Group from 2011 to 2022, overseeing all global operations of the company. He has 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He previously served as Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Sigma-Tau, overseeing all of Sigma-Tau’s European and global operations. Among other projects, he led the acquisition of the Specialty Care business of Enzon Inc. in the US.

He has also served as vice chairman of Amgen Corp (Thousand Oaks, USA) for Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the international headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. In 2002, he joined Novartis, based in Prague, as general manager and regional president of Novartis s.r.o. for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and was subsequently appointed general manager and regional president of Novartis Pharma S.p.A. in Italy (Origgio, Varese).

In 1998, he joined Bristol Myers Squibb, based in Rome, as head of the Oncology Business Unit and, in 2000, he was appointed Vice President of the Pharmaceuticals Division of the Italian subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb Corp (Princeton, USA). Ugo Di Francesco holds an Executive MBA from the Bologna Business School.

Other significant Boards to which he belongs, listed companies or otherwise
Kedrion S.p.A. and Kedrion Holding S.p.A.

Member category
Independent Director.

Date of first appointment, and subsequent appointments
First appointment on 10/05/2024.

Company shares, and share options
None.

Professional profile and biography
Eva Abans Iglesias began her professional career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she worked in the audit area of the London and Madrid offices until 2001. Subsequently, in June 2001, she joined Ernst & Young, holding various positions until she was appointed Partner in 2007. In 2015, she was appointed Managing Partner of EY Catalonia, a position she held until September 2018.

In October 2018, she joined Grupo Mediapro, a leader in the European audiovisual sector. She currently holds the position of Chief Corporate Officer, and is also a key member of the Executive Committee and the Management Committee of Grupo Mediapro.

Eva Abans Iglesias holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid and an MBA from IEDE.

Other significant Boards to which she belongs, listed companies or otherwise
None.

Member category
Independent Director.

Date of first appointment, and subsequent appointments
First appointment on 10/05/2024.

Company shares, and share options
None.

Master of Science (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) and PhD in Immunology (University of Leiden, The Netherlands). Dr. Dobber was appointed in January 2019 Executive Vice-President, BioPharmaceuticals Business in AstraZeneca and is responsible for product strategy and commercial delivery for Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism (CVRM) and Respiratory & Immunology. Prior to this, Dr. Dobber held several executive roles at AstraZeneca, among others President at AstraZeneca US and Executive Vice-President North America, Executive Vice-President Europe, Regional Vice-President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Regional Vice-President Asia Pacific or Area Vice-President Europe 1. In addition, Dr. Dobber was a member of the Board and Executive Committee of EFPIA and Chairman of the Asia division of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Mr. Antonio Gallardo holds a degree in Business Science from the University of Barcelona and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago. He also has a Master's degree in Marketing from ESADE. He developed his professional career over seven years at Akzo Nobel, reaching the role of Marketing Director. In 1999 he joined Almirall as Area Manager. Later, he was Director of Pharmacy Marketing and developed a loyalty programme consisting of 10,000 pharmacies through the network of medical representatives in Spain, after which he joined the medical visit network as Area Manager and later as Division Chief. In 2008, he left Almirall to continue in the family business, where he took charge of the real estate area, as the Chairman of The Landon Group.

Daniel Ignacio Ripley Soria holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) by ICAI-ICADE, Spain, and a Dual Degree in Economics and Business. In 1998, he passed the Public Competitive Examination to join the Legal State Corps. A practicing lawyer registered with the Bar Association of Barcelona; he served as State Attorney in the State’s General Administration court before joining the law firm of Uría Menéndez in 2003 where he became a partner just two years later in 2005. His expertise is Public Law: he advises companies and public entities regarding licensing, public goods and services or public procurement; and commercial law in stock market, corporate commercial law and real state or infrastructure operations. Ripley is a member of the International Bar Association and the State Attorneys Association. He was also a teacher in ESADE, the Fiscal Studies Institute in Barcelona, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, where he currently teaches civil law since 2002.

Isabel Gomes has a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from FDSBC, Brazil, an MBA in Business Law, FGV/UCLA Irvine, a Program in Business Management for Lawyers from Yale University, and a master’s in U.S. Law from Washington University. Isabel accumulates 25 years of experience in the legal field: She directed the Legal Affairs for big corporations such as Whirlpool from 1998 to 2004 and 3M from 2004 to 2011, before getting promoted that same year to General Counsel for Latin America. In 3M, she has been assuming positions of increasing responsibility from her first promotion in 2011 until her latest in 2021 to Vice President & General Counsel, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain; a position she held before joining Almirall’s Management Board in 2022. Isabel has strong ties with the United States as she developed most of her professional career there, but also with her home country, as she is the Director of the Brazil-Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Vice-Honorary Consul of Brazil in Minnesota.