Experience

Light Chain Bioscience | Novimmune SA

• Switzerland
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Secretary, Director Administration and Legal Affairs

  • Nov 2000 - 23 years 2 months

  Geneva Area, Switzerland Presently, as Corporate Secretary and Director Administration and Legal Affairs: Organisation of the Board of Directors and the Shareholders’ meetings. Responsible for general administration and Legal Affairs. Management of the patent and trademark portfolio. Has accompanied the company’s evolution from start (3 employees, i.e. the CEO, one scientist and myself) up to date (85 employees) as the person responsible for general administration (finance, HR, legal issues, facilities, insurances… Show more Presently, as Corporate Secretary and Director Administration and Legal Affairs: Organisation of the Board of Directors and the Shareholders’ meetings. Responsible for general administration and Legal Affairs. Management of the patent and trademark portfolio. Has accompanied the company’s evolution from start (3 employees, i.e. the CEO, one scientist and myself) up to date (85 employees) as the person responsible for general administration (finance, HR, legal issues, facilities, insurances, management of the patent and trademark portfolio, etc…). Participation to the elaboration of the company’s strategy as well as to several rounds of financing. Show less



Medabiotech SA

• Office Manager

  • Mar 1998 - Oct 2000

  Geneva Area, Switzerland In charge of general administration, accounting and human resources. Administration of a patent and trademark portfolio. Participation to the drafting of service and licensing agreements. Working for NovImmune which was given in management to Medabiotech.



Hewlett Packard Europe

• Corporate Legal Assistant

  • Aug 1997 - Feb 1998

  Assistant to the Corporate Secretary for all HP companies in Europe.



Debiopharm SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Legal Assistant

  • Feb 1994 - Jul 1997

  Administration of the patents and trademarks portfolio. Participation to the drafting of license and supply agreements as well as clinical trials agreement. Administration of the Intellectual Property and Legal Departments.



Various secretarial positions in Geneva, Switzerland

• Various secretarial positions in Geneva, Switzerland

  • May 1992 - Jan 1994



NeXT Computer Europe, Nice, France

• Personal Assistant to the President

  • Feb 1991 - May 1992

  Participated in the opening and implementation of the European Headquarters of NeXT Computer in Geneva, then transferred to Nice, France. Responsibilities included general administration, human resources, minutes of the monthly meetings of the European Directors and the secretariat of the President. In charge of the coordination of the organisation of NeXT Computer booth at the CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany.



CONFORMITAS, Ecublens, Switzerland

• Personnal assistant to Managing Director

  • Sep 1989 - Dec 1990

  Participated to the elaboration of offers in the field of inspection and quality control at governmental levels in French, English and Spanish. Minutes of the Board of Directors.



SANDOZ, Basle, Switzerland

• Registration Department

  • Jul 1988 - Jul 1989

  Translation from German of pharmaceutical documents to Spanish, English and French.



Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), Geneva, Switzerland

• Industrial Division

  • Aug 1986 - Aug 1987

  Responsibilities included the managing and follow-up of various cases in the Technical Assistance group.



International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland

• Lawyer, Legal Division

  • Aug 1983 - Aug 1984

  Preparation and drafting of legal documents. Minutes of the meetings of the Legal Commission.



International Labour Organisation, Geneva Switzerland

• Lawyer, International Labour Standards Department

  • Feb 1982 - Jun 1983

  Review, analysis and drafting of the information and documents for the Commission of Inquiry established to examine the observance of international conventions on forced labour by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Minutes of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations at the ILO Conference. Working in French, English and Spanish.



International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland

• Lawyer

  • Oct 1981 - Jan 1982

  Editing, review and translation of documents and reports published by the Commission in English and French.



Human Rights Division, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

• Lawyer

  • Sep 1980 - Jul 1981

  Review, analysis and drafting of the information and documents in French, English and Spanish, for the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.