Hugo P. Sondermeijer, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director)

1. Title or position: Chief Executive Officer.

2. Duties and responsibilities:

• Overall management of daily business activities.

3. Previous industry and related experience:

• Galapagos NV: Associate Medical Director.
• GlaxoSmithKline: Medical Scientific Expert Vaccines.
• Ph.D. and postdoctoral scientist: Columbia University Medical Center/Columbia Center for Translational Immunology (CCTI), Harvard University/Transplantation Biology Research Center (TBRC), Maastricht University Medical Center/MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine.

4. List notable accomplishments (include successful projects, new product introductions, honors, awards, and so on):

• The Transplant Society (TTS): for most outstanding basic research paper.
• AST/ESOT: Joint Exchange Grant Award.

5. Education (certifications, degrees, and so on):

• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Heart Failure, and Diabetes Mellitus: Columbia University Medical Center and Maastricht University Medical Center.
• M.D: Leiden University Medical Center.
• M.Sc in biomedical sciences: Leiden University Medical Center.