Team

BetaGlue is led by a highly skilled leadership team with combined experience in growing successful companies and driving innovations to market.

Our team

We are supported by a board of directors comprising some of the leading lights of the European healthcare ecosystem and advised by highly respected expert clinicians working in the field of interventional radiology and nuclear medicine from Europe and the US.

Leadership team

Alexis Peyroles MBA

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

>25y Biotech and Pharma experience

Chairman Inside Tx & OWL Life Sciences

Former COO & CEO OSE Immunotherapeutics

Former General Manager LatAm at Guerbet

Former Group Financial Controller at Sanofi

Salvatore Calabrese

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

+20 years of experience in the life sciences sector

Former CFO at Gain Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: GANX)

Former CFO at Molmed S.p.A (MI: MLMD)

Former GM & Site Leader at Jazz Pharmaceutical SpA

Former CFO & COO at Gentium SpA (NASDAQ: GENT)

Pietro Bubba Bello

Head of Manufacturing & Operations

Former Site Head, Director of Operations, and Plant Director of Operations and HSE Country Manager at Novartis

Former Site Head and Qualified Person and Head of Quality Control at Advanced Accelerator Applications

Dr. Gianluca De Danieli MD, MSc

Head of Clinical Development

Former Medical Head, Italy and CEE at Advanced Accelerator Applications

Former Medical Lead, Fabry & Endocrinology Disease at Sanofi Genzyme

Former Medical Manager at Dompé and Medical Advisor at GE Healthcare

Gaia Bisaccioni

Head of RA/QA

Former Quality Site Head at Advanced Accelerator Applications

Former Quality Site Head & Deputy Qualified Person at Advanced Accelerator Applications

Dr. Pieter Janssen

Head of Product Development

20 years MedTech and Pharmaceutical R&D expertise at Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Shire.

As CTO of VIPUN Medical successfully developed medical devices in compliance with MDR and FDA requirements.

Dr. Carol Hegarty

Clinical Operations Manager

Over 20 years of experience in Clinical Operations within the medical device sector.

Previously held responsibility for the operational oversight of global health initiatives, ensuring the successful delivery of strategic clinical data to support projects across drug delivery, wound management, and fast-moving consumer goods, with a focus on aligning clinical outcomes with commercial and regulatory objectives.

Board of directors

Mike Cogswell

Chairman

34 years of proven expertise in international healthcare leadership

Chairman of DermaCure RT & EbaMed SA

CEO & President of MagneTx Oncology Solutions Inc.

Managing Director of Mureva Phototherapy Inc.

Former SVP global sales ViewRay Inc., Mevion Medical Systems Inc. & Elekta Inc.

Alexis Peyroles MBA

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

>25y Biotech and Pharma experience

Chairman Inside Tx & OWL Life Sciences

Former COO & CEO OSE Immunotherapeutics

Former General Manager LatAm at Guerbet

Former Group Financial Controller at Sanofi

Dr. Michel Therin DVM, PhD

Independent Non-Executive Director

President of MT2 Consulting

Former President Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers

Former Global Vice President at Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group

Diana Saraceni

Investor Director (Panakès)

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Panakes Partners

Former Co-founder and Managing Partner at 360 Capital

Gerry Hogue NACD.DC

Independent Director

Former Chairman & CEO VieCure Medical Inc.

Former NED Point Biopharma, Momentum Healthware & Precision Cancer Technologies

Former SVP & General Manager Elekta Inc.

Former Chairman & CDEO OpTx Corporation

Liliana Nordbakk

Investor Director (Neva)

Partner, Neva SGR, Life Sciences

Board Observer, Tr1X Bio Inc.

Former Chair, NorCom IT GmbH

Co-founder, Kamau Therapeutics Inc.

Former Chair, Life Science Group, Band of Angels

Francesco Berri

Investor Director (Liftt & FinPosillipo)

Head of M&A & Business Development at LIFTT

Former VP at Lazard

Former Corporate M&A at GE

Marco Venturelli

Investor Director (Origine)

International executive with 30 years in Novartis

Medtech Venture Partner in Origine Sgr

Chairman of the BoD in Checkmab Srl

Board member in Newronika SpA and Anaconda Biomed

Life sciences & well-being Ambassador at MIND Milan Innovation District

Clinical advisory board

Prof. Jafar Golzarian MD

Interventional Radiologist
Chairman of the advisory board

University of Minnesota Divisional Director IR & Vascular Imaging

Co-founder & President of GEST annual symposium

Prof. Roberto Iezzi MD

Interventional Radiologist

Associate Professor. Department of Radiology Universes Catolica

Director of Interventional Radiology at Policlinico Gemelli Rome

Prof. Govindarajan Narayanan MD

Interventional Radiologist

Chief of Interventional Oncology for the Miami Cancer Institute

Course Director of the SPECTRUM IR oncology conference

Prof. Marco Maccauro MD

Nuclear Physician

Associate Professor, of Nuclear Medicine at University of Milan.

Associate Director of Nuclear Department at National Cancer Institute Milan.

Prof. Flavio Rocha MD

Hepatobiliary Surgeon

Hedinger Professor of Surgery.

Division Head of Surgical Oncology.

Physician-in-Chief, Knight Cancer Institute.

Oregon Health and Science University.

Prof. Peter J. Hosein

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Co-Leader Gastrointestinal Cancers Site Disease Group, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Associate Director of Clinical Research, Sylvester Pancreatic Cancer Research Institute

Member, Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Member, National Cancer Institute Pancreas Task Force