About
CatalYm

Phil L’Huillier serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at CatalYm. He brings over two decades of experience in executive leadership positions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with an outstanding track record of success in the commercial development of businesses and partnerships. Prior to joining CatalYm, he served as Head of the European Innovation Hub & Business Development at MSD (known as Merck & Co. in North America). In this role, he was an active member of MSD’s global Business Development and Licensing Leadership and led a team of scientific and business development professionals. Phil worked for a decade as Executive Director and Board Member of Cancer Research Technology, where he was responsible for development, commercialization and licensing of numerous programs, from discovery to early clinical stages. He simultaneously played key roles in the formation of a number of biotech companies and served as Non-Executive Director for Achilles Therapeutics, Artios Pharma, BliNK Therapeutics, PsiOxus Therapeutics and Revitope Therapeutics. Phil holds a PhD in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, as well as an MBA.

Christine Schuberth-Wagner serves as Chief Scientific Officer at CatalYm.  She joined the company in November 2018 with more than 10 years of experience in drug discovery and non-clinical development of immunomodulatory drugs in the immuno-oncology space. She has established a track record as a successful leader and entrepreneur in the biotech industry. Prior to joining CatalYm, Christine co-founded Rigontec in 2014 where she led the company’s discovery and non-clinical development activities as Senior Vice President, Research. Her discoveries on the first-in-class RNA-based innate immune receptor agonist RGT100, built the foundation for the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial as well as the successful acquisition of Rigontec by MSD (known as Merck & Co. in North America) in late 2017. Christine holds a PhD in Molecular Biomedicine from the University of Bonn and an MBA from the University of Potsdam.

Eugen Leo serves as Chief Medical Officer at CatalYm. Prior, he served as CMO for Rigontec, where he helped facilitate the company’s acquisition by MSD (known as Merck & Co. in North America). Eugen brings more than 20 years of experience in industrial phase I-III development of targeted molecules in the immuno-oncology space, ranging from kinase inhibitors, antibodies and antibody derivatives to vaccines, antisense molecules and cell therapies. His contributions were instrumental in reaching proof-of-concept for the BiTE (bi-specific T-cell engager) antibody platform, ultimately leading to Micromet’s acquisition by Amgen in 2012, as well as for the development of various other first-in-class molecules in the immuno-oncology space. Previously, he served in various positions with increasing levels of responsibility in both biotech (e.g. Micromet, Oxford Biotherapeutics, Ambit Biosciences, Isarna Therapeutics) and large pharmaceutical companies (Johnson & Johnson, Merck-Serono). Eugen is a board-certified Hematologist and Medical Oncologist and holds an Associate Professorship at the University of Heidelberg. He studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg, Cincinnati and Münster and obtained an MBA from Colorado State University.

Anne Burger serves as Chief Financial Officer at CatalYm. She brings more than 15 years of experience in financial operations at biotech and medtech companies throughout Europe. She also served as the CFO and Co-Founder of Breath Therapeutics GmbH, where she was instrumental in securing the financing (EUR 43.5million) as well as executing the sale of the company to Zambon S.p.A. in 2019, with a deal value up to EUR 500 million. Previously, Anne served as CFO at Rigontec and had an active role in the execution of Rigontec’s trade sale to MSD (known as Merck & Co. in North America), a deal worth up to EUR 464 million. Throughout her career, Anne has been responsible for corporate fundraising, executing trade sales and licensing agreements, and preparing for IPOs in several senior executive and advisory roles in the life sciences industry. Anne holds a graduate degree in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and has completed graduate studies in public health.