Board of Directors

With the aspiration of bringing curative drug therapies and visionary healthcare solutions to patients worldwide, Mr. Mauvernay is President of Après-demain SA, the parent company of Debiopharm, a Swiss, privately owned, biopharmaceutical company founded by his father over 40 years ago. Debiopharm, with 15 ongoing drug research programs, has developed two blockbuster therapies for cancer patients, oxaliplatin and triptorelin, along with a potential 3rd Head & Neck Cancer drug currently in phase III development with an international partner. Après-demain SA invests in a variety of industries including companies impacting sustainable energy, education, food, services to individuals with real estate, via 30+ direct investments in companies as well as LP investments in more than 100 funds globally. In addition, Mr. Mauvernay is also Chairman of the investment committee of Debiopharm Innovation Fund, backed by his experience as an entrepreneur in the international cosmetics industry before joining his family’s drug development business and asset diversification activities. His educational background includes a Master of Science in Economics and Marketing along with an MBA from the 'Institut d'Administration des Entreprises’.

Ms Le Coz Sanchez obtained a Master’s degree at the University of Paris-La Sorbonne in 1998: DESS "Information and technical decisions in the company". She completed her training by becoming a CFA® charter holder. Ms Le Coz Sanchez previously worked in various large multinational companies where she was responsible for planning, forecasting and budgeting. She joined the asset management team of Après-demain SA in May 2010 as a financial analyst. Between 2012 and 2020, she led the Private Equity activities as part of the investment diversification strategy. She was a member of the board of directors for various portfolio companies and of certain fund advisory boards. In 2021, she was appointed General Secretary of the Asset Management division of Après-demain SA.

Dr. Ducrey received his Diploma of Pharmacy from the School of Pharmacy of Lausanne University, Switzerland in 1990 and then obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1995. In the same he joined Debiopharm Research & Manufacturing SA as Pharmaceutical Project Manager. He then spent two years at Debiopharm International SA as Innovative Formulation Manager. In 2004, he returned to Debiopharm Research & Manufacturing to head the company as Chief Executive Officer until 2011. Since 2012, Dr. Ducrey heads Debiopharm International SA as CEO. In 2020, he became Senior Vice-President of the Life Science Division of Après-demain SA.