The Brain+ Team

EXECUTIVE TEAM

KIM BADEN-KRISTENSEN

Co-founder & CEO

Former Vice President of Marketing & Strategy @ world’s largest wind energy co. 5 years @ Boston Consulting Group. M.Sc. Management of Technology, CBS Cognitive Psychology studies, UCPH. Healthcare Innovation degree HARVARD Business School (Pasteur Program).

BETH WOLFF

Chief Commercial Officer

15 years of experience leading teams in commercial excellence at Novo Nordisk, LEO Pharma and Sandoz. Commercial Lead for the EU launch of the first in-licensed digital therapeutic at Sandoz.
MA Political Economy, M.Sc. Public Health

SIMON NIELSEN

Chief Science & Innovation Officer

12 years of experience as a biomedical engineer.
Experience from several medtech startups
Senior scientist & team mgr. at Coloplast.
Postdoc, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen.
PhD. Cognition and psychophysics, DTU.

Bertil Stengaard Jessen

Chief Financial Officer

Former head of a global strategic investment program at GN Store Nord. Corporate strategy and M&A advisory at Maersk and J.P. Morgan’s investment banking division.
MSc in Economics and Business Administration – Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School.

BRIAN ØSTERGAARD

Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager
Entrepreneur in public health care and digital health with successful exit of his company in Autism & dementia care software.
25 years experience in selling into public and private health care sectors.

PAULA PETCU

Chief Technology Officer

10+ years in Software Development, 7 years in Pharma. Formerly Head of Digital Technologies at Lundbeck. Tech nerd and team manager. One of Berlingske’s Top 100 Talent in Denmark. MSc in Computer Science from University of Copenhagen. Co-founded health tech companies FindZebra and Healthy Mind Tech.

HELLE BEHRNDTZ JENSEN

Finance Manager

Many years of financial management experience from the insurance and the venture industry. In-depth experience in preparation and execution of business plans and strategic management, and in supporting the business with strong governance and financial procedures.

THE BOARD

LARS TERNEY

Joined as chairman from H1 2021

Senior Partner, Nordic Capital
13 years in Private Equity, 14 years Head of Boston Consulting Group Denmark. Lars is an international heavy weight within business, strategy and economics.

JONAS NILSEN

Board Member since Sep 2018

Digital health and therapuetics entrepreneur, Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Practio, Doctor of Medicine from University of CPH. Innovation Management, Harvard Business School.

HANNE LETH HILLMAN

Board Member since May 2021

Experienced life science executive focused on finance, communications and investor relations (IR). Additionally brings strong board experience. Currently the CFO for Nanovi A/S.

KIM ARVID NIELSEN

Board Member since Nov 2019

Experienced Pharma & Biotech CEO Follicum AB (former inProTher , CytoVac, Scandion Oncology, Serendex Pharmaceuticals) GM, VP & Dir. (Bayer, Basilea Pharmaceutica, Astra Zeneca, Ferrosan). MD, UCPH, MBA, SIMI.