Alain J. Gilbert
Managing Partner
alain@bionest.com

 

Claude Allary
Managing Partner
claude@bionest.com

 

Frederic Desdouits
Managing Partner
frederic@bionest.com

 

Before co-founding Bionest in 2003, Alain was European President of Biogen, where he founded its European operation for the launch of Avonex®. Prior to Biogen, he was European Founder of IDEXX Laboratories, a company involved in veterinary diagnostic. And prior to Iddexx, he served as President of Medtronic Europe, a world leader in cardiovascular devices. He started his career in sales and marketing at Abbott's Diagnostic Division and remained there for 17 years, holding a number of key executive positions in the USA and Europe. Today, he specialises in operational issues. Claude Allary has three decades of pharmaceuticals industry and management consulting experience, in Europe and North America. He held several corporate and operational finance and marketing positions with Parke-Davis, Rhône-Poulenc Santé and Glaxo. In his 15-year consulting experience, including Arthur D. Little and ISO Healthcare group, he was involved in over 200 projects in healthcare, including strategy and innovation. His main interest is strategy development. Before joining Bionest, Frederic was head of Pharma Equity Research and a partner at Exane BNP Paribas. He was head of a research team at GlaxoWellcome, Scientific Consultant for Hoechst and Guest Investigator at the Rockefeller University.
Frederic holds a Ph.D. from the College de France in collaboration with Rhône-Poulenc. He holds an MSc in pharmacology and is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. He is also a member of the ACIIA. His expertise lies in science and finance.