Michele Antonelli previously worked at UCB where he held roles of various responsibility and scope, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Head of lmmunology Europe, overseeing the region’s commercial, medical, and market access activities.

Prior to joining UCB, Michele Antonelli spent 16 years at Merck Serono, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Biotech Manufacturing and Process Development.

He is Swiss and Italian, and graduated as Doctor in Sciences from University of Bari. He trained in Biotechnology at Catholic University in Piacenza and at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Prior to Abbott, Valérie Benhamou served as Senior counsel for Bristol-Myers Squibb where she provided legal support to all divisions in France and to EMEA commercial operations. Earlier in her career, she practiced at law firms and focused on healthcare matters, including medical liability litigation and intellectual property. Valerie holds a master’s degree in Private law and a postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Property law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999.

Prior to joining Stallergenes Greer as Executive Vice President Operations Europe in 2019, Amer Jaber was Head of Biotechnology Operations at R-Pharm where he was in charge of developing the long-term strategy and execution of in-house and external technical operations for CMC Development and Manufacturing. He was previously Head of Global Biotech Development and Manufacturing for Technical Operations and Managing Director of UCB Switzerland. Before joining UCB, he held roles of increasing responsibility in product development, quality and manufacturing at Mondobiotech, Serono International and Rivopharm. 

He holds a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry from the University of Geneva and has completed various executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School, IMD and Babson College.

Prior to joining Stallergenes Greer, he was Head of Finance for International at Shire, leading the creation of a new financial framework and supporting the company’s growth and expansion.

Prior to Shire, he held several country, regional and division-level financial roles at Merck Serono, including Head of Divisional Controlling for the Neurology, Fertility and Endocrinology business, Head of Commercial Europe Finance, Global Biotech Manufacturing Controller, Finance and Logistic Director.

He is Swiss and Italian and holds a Master’s Degree in Business and Economics from the Bocconi University in Milan, and a Business and Leadership Program MBA from MIT-Sloan.

Tibor joined Stallergenes Greer in 2016 as Global Head of Technical Operations before taking over as Head of the Americas in May 2018.

He previously spent eight years at Novartis where he held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as the Global Operations Head, Tech Ops Manufacturing, Strategy and BDM&A where he headed Operations for Manufacturing Strategy and Business Development & Licensing within Global Technical Operations.

Prior to Novartis, Tibor Nemes held Engineering and Operations leadership roles at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Novavax, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Elan Pharmaceuticals and Hypex, Inc.