Experience

SOPHiA GENETICS

• Switzerland
• Biotechnology Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• EVP - Chief Legal & Compliance Officer

  • Jul 2023 - 6 months

  Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Executive Vice President (EVP) and CLO of SOPHiA GENETICS SA. Responsible for Legal Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Risk & Compliance, Corporate Governance, Information Security, Ethics and ESG. Established highly effective Legal, Governance and Risk & Compliance functions. Designed and implemented frameworks for commercial contracting and partnerships, deal structuring, IP management, enterprise risk management and compliance and data protection programs, and streamlined the… Show more Executive Vice President (EVP) and CLO of SOPHiA GENETICS SA. Responsible for Legal Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Risk & Compliance, Corporate Governance, Information Security, Ethics and ESG. Established highly effective Legal, Governance and Risk & Compliance functions. Designed and implemented frameworks for commercial contracting and partnerships, deal structuring, IP management, enterprise risk management and compliance and data protection programs, and streamlined the corporate governance and internal controls structure. Successfully closed the IPO at Nasdaq and other M&A, commercial and financial transactions and collaborations.Executive Vice President (EVP) and CLO of SOPHiA GENETICS SA. Responsible for Legal Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Risk & Compliance, Corporate Governance, Information Security, Ethics and ESG. Established highly effective Legal, Governance and Risk & Compliance functions. Designed and implemented frameworks for commercial contracting and partnerships, deal structuring, IP management, enterprise risk management and compliance and data protection programs, and streamlined the corporate governance and internal controls structure. Successfully closed the IPO at Nasdaq and other M&A, commercial and financial transactions and collaborations. Skills: Operations Management · Information Security Management · Quality Assurance · Regulatory Affairs · Internal Audits · Public Company Compliance · Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) · Executive Management · Legal Affairs · Enterprise Risk Management · Compliance Management · ERG · Ethics · Big Data · Medical Technology · Corporate Governance · Leadership

• SVP - Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

  • Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

• Vice President Legal & General Counsel

  • May 2019 - Jan 2021

  Lausanne Area, Switzerland



ABLOC

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2016 - May 2023

  Co-founder of ABLOC beer. We give everything we have to make the Ultimate Sports Beer: isotonic alcohol-free low-calorie craft beers enriched with minerals.



SpringWorks

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Managing Partner

  • Jan 2018 - May 2019

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Founder and managing partner of legal advisory business SpringWorks. With a mix of legal expertise, business sense and consulting skills, I helped organizations solve their legal challenges and legal teams to solve business challenges. I focussed on helping companies achieve greater efficacy, control and compliance and to have an effective organizational structure allowing them to achieve their business objectives.



PwC Switzerland

• Switzerland
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Legal Services Western Switzerland

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2017

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Leader Legal Services PwC in French Speaking Switzerland. Steering Committee member of the PwC Entity Governance & Compliance practice group for the EMEA Region. Scope of work: * Commercial contracting * Corporate Law * M&A * Structuring * Governance, Risk & Compliance * Employment & immigration Law * Contract Law, contract management * Intellectual Property, IP management * Legal support for in the life science industry - MedTech, BioTech, Pharma * Entity… Show more Leader Legal Services PwC in French Speaking Switzerland. Steering Committee member of the PwC Entity Governance & Compliance practice group for the EMEA Region. Scope of work: * Commercial contracting * Corporate Law * M&A * Structuring * Governance, Risk & Compliance * Employment & immigration Law * Contract Law, contract management * Intellectual Property, IP management * Legal support for in the life science industry - MedTech, BioTech, Pharma * Entity Governance and Compliance * Legal function effectiveness - consulting on the in-house legal function * PwC Corporate Control - a digital dashboard solution for the legal function

• Principal Legal Services

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2011

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Converting the internally oriented Legal Support function into a client facing service line providing legal services to external clients. Strategy development and establishing a new team. Assisting clients: * Optimizing the legal aspects of new business models to generate operational efficiencies and legal optimisations. * Assisting multinational company's plans to move its headquarters, to relocate functions on a cross-border basis and to implement the legal topics related thereto… Show more Converting the internally oriented Legal Support function into a client facing service line providing legal services to external clients. Strategy development and establishing a new team. Assisting clients: * Optimizing the legal aspects of new business models to generate operational efficiencies and legal optimisations. * Assisting multinational company's plans to move its headquarters, to relocate functions on a cross-border basis and to implement the legal topics related thereto (legal structure, contractual schemes, intercompany arrangements, IP relocations, etc.). * Designing the legal input related to the development of new strategies to align operations, functions, risks, financing and assets across jurisdictions.



Ahold Delhaize

• Netherlands
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Secretary

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2010

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Reporting to the Chairman of the Board and to the CEO, responsible for Corporate Governance, corporate legal and regulatory compliance including group governance structure, delegation of authorities, corporate records, reporting, regulatory filings, avoiding insider trading and market abuse, and statutory compliance. Secretary of the Board of Directors.

• Program Director

  • Aug 2008 - May 2009

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Responsible for project-managing the realization of Ahold’s 2008 Annual Report and the ESG (Corporate Responsibility) Report. Managing the content owners, as well as the (remote) creative, technical and production teams. Accomplished succesfull transformation of paper-based annual reporting into an interactive on-line report.

• Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel

  • Feb 2002 - Aug 2008

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Established Ahold’s global finance and IP center in Geneva, Switzerland. Responsible for the legal aspects of the corporate finance activities of the Ahold Group world-wide and the day-to-day activities of Ahold’s activities in Switzerland. Managing Director of captive reinsurance company. Oversight of the commercial contracting and procurement activities of Ahold's subsidiaries in Central Europe.



Loyens & Loeff

• Netherlands
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lawyer

  • Jun 1999 - Oct 2001

  Rotterdam Area, Netherlands Trainee Lawyer at the Corporate Law, Real Estate Law and M&A sections - Candidate Civil Law Notary.