Our Team of Experts
We are a driven team of specialists, committed to advancing the naturally derived medicine industry. Our team has experience across multiple sectors – pharmaceutical operations, research and development, intellectual property, marketing and finance – and is based in the UK, Europe and North America.
An Experienced Board...
Filipp Korentsvit
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Max Moldaschl
Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer
Daud Gutseriev
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
William Jarosz
Partner & Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Professor Richard Barker
Partner & Senior Advisor - Head of Advisory Board
Professor Trevor Jones
Partner & Senior Regulatory and Clinical Advisor
John Smith
Partner & Senior Commercial Advisor
Wibke Stoffers
Partner & Senior Marketing & Branding Advisor
...Backed By Solid Science
Dr Grace Blest-Hopley
Partner & Chief Scientific Officer
Professor Matthew Walker
Partner & Chief Sleep Officer
Professor Gennady Shvarts
Medical AdvisorTEAM MEMBER DETAILS
Management & Board
Filipp Korentsvit
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Director at Goldman Sachs
- Founded a mining services company in Mongolia
- Financial advisor to family office
- Bachelors of Science in Economics and Statistics from the University College London
Max Moldaschl
Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer
- Director at Citigroup Global Markets
- Senior Cross- Asset Strategist BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Masters in Engineering degree with First Class Honours in the field of Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London
Daud Gutseriev
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
- Associate Director at VTB Capital - Infrastructure Capital & Project Financing
- Bachelors of Science degree in the field of Management from University of Royal Holloway
- Executive MBA from University of Oxford - Saïd Business School
William Jarosz
Partner & Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Accomplished business leader, with a background in finance and pharma
- Executive Board Member of Satellos Bioscience and President of a Satellos subsidiary specialising in micellization
- MA in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University and a JD from Harvard Law School
Prof. Richard Barker
Partner & Senior Advisor - Head of Advisory Board
- Prof. Richard Barker, BSc, MA, DPhil (Oxon), FRSM, HFBPS, OBE is a senior leader in the global life sciences sector
- 30-year career in senior roles in biopharmaceuticals (Director General ABPI and NED Celgene), diagnostics (CEO Chiron) and medical informatics (Global GM of IBM Healthcare)
- Oxford University Press books: ‘2030—the future of medicine’ and ‘Bioscience—lost in translation?’
Prof. Trevor Jones
Partner & Senior Regulatory and Clinical Advisor
- Prof. Trevor Jones, CBE FMedSci PhD DSc Hon FRCP FBPhS FRSM FRSC FLSW, is a senior leader in the global pharmaceutical sector
- Multi-decade career in senior roles in various pharma companies, as well as several senior governmental commissioner roles
- Until recently Chair of the European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
- Visiting professor at The Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at KCL
John Smith
Partner & Senior Commercial Advisor
- Experienced pharma executive, drawing on a 25 year career in senior roles at multi-national pharma corporations
- Chief Executive of the Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB)
- Business Unit Lead UK, Ireland and Netherlands for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Wibke Stoffers
Partner & Senior Marketing & Branding Advisor
- Experienced Business and Marketing strategist in the Healthcare industry
- Regional Marketing and Innovation Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
- Marketing Manager at Energizer Wilkinson Sword
Lead Academics
Dr Grace Blest-Hopley
Partner & Chief Scientific Officer
- Doctor of neuroscience, with a keen interest in the field of mental health and plant science
- Ph.D. in the actions and effects of cannabinoids at King’s College London
- Research director for a military charity (psychedelics)
- Serves as an infantry officer in the reserve British armed forces
Prof. Matthew Walker
Partner & Chief Sleep Officer
- Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Founder of the Center for Human Sleep
- Published over 100 scientific research studies and author of “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams”
- Degree in neuroscience from Nottingham University. PhD in neurophysiology from the Medical Research Council. Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard
Prof. Gennady Shvarts
Medical Advisor
- Professor of pharmacology with 40+ years experience
- Specialises in the development of medicines, screening methodologies and clinical studies
- Various senior positions, most recently at Teva Pharmaceutical
- 30 patents and two innovative drugs (Troventol & Methiapril)