SEEDHOPPER FOUNDER
Diana Barkley MD
As a medical doctor turned successful entrepreneur, Diana is passionate about starting and growing businesses. She began her career in hospital medicine and then moved into the healthcare industry. After five years working in global strategic marketing for a multinational, she left to start a consultancy business, which she grew from scratch to be an international enterprise, with operations in Europe and USA.
Her career has been recognized by a number of awards, including Best Small Consultancy and EuroExcellence Healthcare Businesswoman of the Year. She has also been a judge on several panels including the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. She is a BBC trained speaker and moderator.
SEEDHOPPER JUDGES
Philip Atkinson
Philip is respected as a senior manager in the Lifesciences industry with an excellent network. He is currently head of Scientific Communications at Roche. He has experience of sales, marketing,…
Felix Barber
Felix is currently a Director at the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, a part of Hult International Business School and an independent business consultant. He has experience of working with start-ups…
Gareth Barker
Gareth is Vice President of Human Nutrition and Health for DSM Nutritional Products Europe AG, the global science-based nutrition company, within Europe, Africa and the Middle East and he is…
Nicholas Benedict
Nicholas is co-founder & CEO of Allecra Therapeutics, a company dedicated to the development of novel treatments to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections. Nicholas gained a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from…
Mary D’Arcy-Baguley
Mary D’Arcy-Baguley founded CTC Clinical Trial Consulting in Basel in 1997. Having worked in the Pharma and CRO Industries for several years, Mary started CTC to deliver skilled contract &…
Stephan Eglin
Stephan is CEO of Gemaco CPT, a marketing and brand promotion agency. After studying economics at the University of Basel, Stephan embarked on a career in marketing, working for Impulse…
Wendy Giardina
Wendy has a track record as a successful entrepreneur and a wealth of international business experience. She holds an MBA from Insead. Fontainebleau, France. She began her career as a…
Simon Holt
As Global Chief Business Strategy Officer, Simon is responsible for providing leadership to McCann Health’s consulting businesses, which has grown considerably over recent years, both from within the company as…
Marisa Kraan
In her role as Head of Finance for The Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) Switzerland, Marisa leads the strategic and operational finance function for the company. She and her team are…
Chris Krattiger-Savelkouls
Chris is an experienced entrepreneur having founded a number of successful businesses in the healthcare sector. Chris works as a consultant within the healthcare industry, assisting several small biotech companies…
Seng Chin Mah
Seng Chin Mah has over 30 years experience in the Pharma industry and is Chief Executive Officer of the Canyon Pharmaceuticals Group. He was honoured with the 2011 Frost &…
Martin Schenk
Martin Schenk is an attorney-at-law and tax expert with the business law firm Homburger in Zurich. He studied law at the University of Basel and at the London School of…
Claudia Sigel
Claudia runs her own law firm in Allschwil, Baselland which she started in 2009. Her activities are focused on legal counselling and representation of Swiss small and mid cap companies as…
Annelie Stapela
Annelie is Senior Partner at R-Squared Talent Solutions AG and heads the strategic capability solutions division. She founded R-Squared in 2003, and along with her partner has grown the company…
Ralph Sutton
Ralph Sutton is International Managing Partner of AXON Communications, and its parent company, based in the firm’s London office. He brings over 25 years’ experience of communications consulting experience, focused…
Dagmar Voith Leemann
Dagmar holds the position of Principle of the Zentrum für Brückenangebote (ZBA) in Basel. The SBA provides education and support to students who experience difficulties finding a suitable apprenticeship to…
Nerys Wadham
Nerys is Managing Director of Style Dynamics GmbH, which serves companies in the life science and proximate sectors in the areas of corporate affairs and leadership and organizational development. She…