Theradiag: Christian Policard is appointed chairman, Simon Davière managing director – 03/01/2023 at 18:02


(AOF) – The Theradiag Board of Directors has decided to appoint Christian Policard as Chairman to replace Pierre Morgon, who has resigned, and Simon Davière as Chief Executive Officer to replace Bertrand de Castelnau, who has also resigned, from March 1, 2023. Pierre Morgon believes that Theradiag “is now on the threshold of profitability and fully prepared for its future expansion”.

Christian Policard, 74, is a biophysicist, former founding partner of Biotech Développement Conseils, an international biotechnology consulting firm that supports innovative companies worldwide. He is now a senior partner at Global Close Alliance (GCA), a global technology consulting firm present in more than fifty countries. He currently sits on the Boards of Vidac Pharma (Israel), RDS (Strasbourg), HTID (Paris) and Technion (Paris-Haifa). He was executive vice-president and member of the global strategic committee of Sanofi, Chairman of Cellectis, director at the Institut Pasteur but also a venture capitalist and participated in the creation of numerous companies in France, Israel and the USA.

Simon Davière, 39, holds an engineering degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Technology of Compiègne as well as a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Technology of Lille. He has a solid professional experience of nearly 15 years in the industry of in vitro diagnostics and personalized medicine, particularly in the field of chronic inflammatory diseases. He began his career at Euroimmun before joining Theradiag where he held several managerial positions in marketing and medico-marketing, including heading the Theranostics Business Unit.

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