Team
The people behind our medicines
A leadership team of scientists, clinicians and operators — accountable to a foundation that measures us in decades, not quarters.
Executive leadership

Dr. Anneli Hovmand
Chief Executive Officer
Joined 2016 · previously head of global development at a top-10 pharma.
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Marcus Dieterle
Chief Scientific Officer
Leads discovery across Copenhagen, Basel and Boston.
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Priya Raghunathan
Chief Medical Officer
Oversees 22 clinical programmes and pharmacovigilance.
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Søren Bjerre
Chief Operations Officer
Responsible for Kalundborg manufacturing and global supply.
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Elena Costa
Chief Commercial Officer
Market access and distribution across 34 countries.
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James Okafor
Chief People Officer
Culture, talent and our inclusion commitments.
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Chad Ricci
Chief Research Officer
30+ years across clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical research, regulatory affairs and patient safety.
Read bio →Board of directors
- Karin Lund — Chair, Exxopharm Foundation
- Prof. Hiroshi Tanaka — Independent director, translational medicine
- Ana Beatriz Melo — Independent director, global health access
- Peter Wallace — Independent director, audit chair
