Team - Nexilis AG

Leanna Caron
CEO

Global C-level executive with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical devices industries, e.g. AgNovos Healthcare, Sanofi, Genzyme, Merck
Positions held: EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, VP & General Manager Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Business Unit Leader Europe and Middle East, Head of Global Marketing
Private, public, and not-for-profit board experience including as Chairperson
Pharmacy degree (University of Toronto) and MBA (Cornell & Concordia Universities)

20+ years of experience in musculoskeletal clinical research, e.g. at AOCID, AO Foundation
5 years of clinical practice as MD, e.g. in the field of traumatology, neurology, and internal medicine
MD and doctoral thesis from Friedrich-Schiller University Jena

20+ years of experience in the MedTech industry, e.g. at Synthes AG, TLT Medical, Arpida AG, Straumann AG
Master’s degree in mechanical Engineering from ETH Zürich, Specialization and PhD in Medical Engineering

Additional responsibilities in supplier management, manufacturing and logistics
10+ years of experience in the MedTech industry and 5 years of experience in the automotive industry, e.g. at Straumann AG, General Motors Powertrain Strasbourg, Honeywell Turbo Technologies
Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from ENSAM ParisTech and from Georgia Institute of Technology

8+ years of experience in the MedTech industry, e.g. at Myopowers AG, DePuy Synthes AG
Experience in software development & system validation
Master’s degree in Computer Science within Real Time and Embedded Systems from the EPITA in Paris, and MBA from the EM Business School in Strasbourg