Jörn Aldag

Joern Aldag is Chief Executive Officer of Hookipa Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics targeting infectious diseases and cancers based on a proprietary arenavirus platform that is designed to reprogram the body’s immune system. Before joining Hookipa in June 2016, Joern was CEO of NASDAQ-listed uniQure N.V, a company pioneering adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy. Under his leadership from 2009-2015, uniQure received the first-ever approval of a gene therapy product by the European Medicines Agency, built a pipeline of gene therapy products across several disease areas, obtained approximately $200M through its NASDAQ-listing and follow-on, and closed a multi-billion dollar collaboration in cardiovascular gene therapy.

From 1997-2008, Joern was President and CEO of Evotec AG, where he designed many alliances with leading pharma and biotech companies, listed the Company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and managed the acquisition of LSE-listed Oxford Asymmetry and NASDAQ-listed Renovis Inc. In 2013 Joern co-founded GPCR-company G7 Therapeutics, which was successfully sold to Heptares in 2016. From 2007 to 2018 Joern was Chairman of SIX-listed Molecular Partners, Zurich Switzerland. He is a Non-Executive Member at Idorsia. He holds business degrees from the European Business School and Harvard Business School (AMP).