Magnus Persson
Chairman of the Board
Biotechnology
Galecto Biotech
Denmark
Biography
Magnus Persson is a Physician and an associate Professor in Physiology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Magnus has 15 years of Partner level experience from Venture Capital and has been a Partner in two Life Sciences Venture Capital firms, one with its base in Sweden and with global reach and one in The Bay Area in California. Magnus has a long experience in medicine, life sciences and biotech financing. He has led development teams of Phase II and III programs in the Pharmaceutical Industry. He has founded and led private as well as public biotech and medtech companies as Chairman of the Board and Director in Europe and USA. All in all, he has more than 90 Board years in the life science industry and has been involved in a dozen IPOs.
Research Interest
Biotechnology
