Mr. Mikael Ørum, General Partner
Mikael Ørum is co-founder and General Partner of Ventac
Partners since 2002. He holds more than 30 years of executive experience
in the biotechnology and finance sectors with proven track record
in identifying business opportunities, developing and executing strategic
business plans, fund raising, and international deal making.
Mikael Ørum is serving as Chairman and/or Board Member of
several biotech and other companies. He is Vice Chairman of Medicon
Valley Academy (www.mva.org), member of the Council of the Danish
Technical University (www.dtu.dk) and of the advisory board of the
Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnology (www.mic.dtu.dk). He is advisor
to several universities on matters of commercialization of life science
research and frequent speaker and moderator at conferences.
Prior to joining Ventac Partners, Mikael Ørum held the position
as CEO of Exiqon A/S (www.exiqon.com), listed on Copenhagen stock
exchange. Furthermore, he is co-founder of Santaris Pharma, A/S (www.santaris.com),
and Avexxin AS (www.avexxin.com). He is CEO of the latter since 2005.
Within the life science sector he has over time served on several
government committees and has participated in international projects
focusing on healthcare, industrial growth and biotech initiatives.
Until 1995, Mikael Ørum held several executive positions
across the financial and electronic engineering sectors responsible
for large organizational, IT and other technology departments and
projects.
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Mikael Ørum
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