Manuel Gea

Co-founder, C.E.O.  of the biotech company: Bio-Modeling Systems Vice-President of the biotech committee of Pharma industry Association in France (Leem ex: SNIP) in charge of Biotech-Pharma synergies working group Since 1996: President of Centrale-Santé, the associative think-tank of the Ecole Centrale de Paris (ECP) alumni’s Association (19 000 members) which, for the first time, is opened to non-alumni. Since 2000: Vice-President of the Strategic Orientation Committee of the Ecole Centrale de Paris, in charge of all the Healthcare and Biotech activities of the school.Previously: Co-founder and C.E.O. in charge of the European operations for the Bio-pharmaceutical start-up Hemispherx Biopharma Europe, the European subsidiary of Hemispherx Biopharma Inc (USA).Business Unit Director, and the Corporate Strategy and Business Development Director for all the pharmaceutical divisions at Boehringher-Ingelheim France of which he was member of the Board.Senior Consultant with McKinsey & Co,. Founder and the responsible of the French arm of McKinsey’s World Pharmaceutical Practice.International Business Manager at the Colgate-Palmolive Company, responsible for Asia, Marketing and business development.Education: Scientific degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and a degree in “ sociology of organizations” from the University of Paris IX Dauphine.