corporate governance

Management

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Matti Heinonen
CEO

25+ years experience in life science and diagnostics commercialisation and marketing. He has held leading positions in the global healthcare industry including CCO and VP and head of Immunodiagnostics at Medix Biochemica and Executive Director at Amgen.

Mr. Heinonen holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Helsinki

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Njaal Kind
CFO & COO

20+ years experience and extensive track-record from financial management and reporting, corporate governance and Investor Relations. Mr. Kind has served as the CFO for TiZir, UK, Business Analyst in Eramet Comilog Manganese, France, and Investment Director in Tinfos.

Mr. Kind holds a degree from BI Norwegian Business School.

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Aleksandra Havelka
CSO

Extensive experience in laboratory medicine. She was previously Biochemist and Unit Manager at Karolinska University Laboratory, with research focusing on biomarkers for inflammation and infection.

Dr. Havelka holds a PhD in Experimental Oncology from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Markus Jaquemar
CCO

30+ years experience in life science and diagnostics commercialisation and marketing. He has held marketing, sales and business management positions at Beckman Coulter, Agilent Technologies and Becton Dickinson. 

Mr Jaquemar holds a Master’s degree in Biology from Vienna University, Austria.

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Frank Frantzen
CTO

35+ years of experience from the diagnostic industry.

He has served as principal scientist and has directed larger R&D units in international IVD companies Axis-Shield, Alere and Abbott. Mr. Frantzen left his Senior Director R&D position at Abbott in 2021 and served as Chief Technology Officer in CardiNor AS until July 2024.

Dr. Frantzen holds a master’s degree in chemistry and a PhD, both from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

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Torsten Knüttel
VP R&D

20+ years of experience from the diagnostic industry and commercial supply chain. His background includes OEM/B2B business development at Thermo Fisher Scientific and development and production at GE Healthcare.

Mr. Knüttel holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.

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Anne-Mette Horsrud Akre
VP QA & RA

20+ years of pharma industry experience, including production of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, quality management and assurance and management positions at GE Healthcare and Fresenius Kabi.

Ms. Horsrud Akre holds a Msc in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Trondheim, Norway.

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Jack Andreassen
VP BD

20+ years of experience from sales, market and business development from the global diagnostics industry. He was previously Associate Director, Global Market Development for OEM at Thermo Fisher.

Mr. Andreassen holds a Msc in Chemistry, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from the University of Oslo, Norway.

IR Contact

Njaal Kind
CFO, Gentian Diagnostics ASA
njaal.kind@gentian.com
+47 91906525