Gisela Sitbon Ph.D.

Dr Gisela Sitbon (1958), Deputy Region Director at Innovationsbron AB, has more than 25 years of life science industry experience within the areas of strategic planning, business development, pharmaceutical R&D and quality assurance. She is a non-executive member of the board at a number of companies and organisations including Industrifonden, an independent ever-green fund investing in Swedish growth companies. Through her own company, ZENZ Bioscience Partner AB, Gisela provides consultancy in the areas of business focusing and business development to high-growth companies.

Gisela Sitbon worked for nearly ten years at Professional Genetics Laboratory AB in a number of senior roles including Managing Director, Vice President Business Development and Head of Research & Development. Previously, she spent five years in several roles including Section Head and Project Director at Karo Bio AB, a Swedish drug discovery and development company specialising in targeting nuclear receptors. Gisela gained her Doctorate of Medical Sciences from the Karolinska Institute in 1987.