Diogo Ponces Bento, MD, MBA
Diogo has been working in the health sector since 2004, holding an executive MBA and board certifications in Medicine and Pharmaceutical Medicine. Gained experience as a physician, manager and director in pharmaceutical industry and dealt with challenges in people leadership, R&D, product strategy, market access & compliance. Has covered and supported projects across several therapeutic areas, such as virology, immunology, hematology, neuroscience, genetic and rare diseases.
João Simões Pedro, PhD, MBA
João has over 15 years of professional exposure to a diverse range of challenges. Academic research, lecturing in probability and statistics, working as a petroleum engineer in the exploration and development of oil fields, project management, and innovation, are amongst his past experience. More of a hard skills than a soft skills person. He likes to believe his greatest asset is asking the right questions at the right time.