BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Aiphi Nguyen, PharmD, CEO & Co-Founder

Ms Aiphi Nguyen has a twofold pharmaceutical and financial background and has more than 15 years combined experience. She held various positions in marketing and sales with Bristol Myers Squibb before steering in the investment bank sector where she served as a business and financial analyst consultant in the life sciences sector. Prior to Skymab, she had on her credit the creation of two successful companies (Etsi communication and dixhuit Production).
Ms Aiphi Nguyen holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy of the University Claude Bernard, a MBA of IAE (Institut d’Administration des Entreprises from Sorbonne University), a master of science in Finance of ESCP Europe and Challenge Plus of HEC Startup Program.


Henri Benech, PharmD, PhD, Co-Founder

Henri Bénech is a pharmacist with a PhD in Pharmacology and a habilitation to supervise research from Paris-Sud and Paris-Descartes Universities. Henri has worked for 20 years as a senior researcher in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics at the CEA. He conducted researchers on fate of magnesium in human using stable isotopes, on intracellular pharmacology of anti-HIV drugs and he developed a metabolic diagnostic test for treatment individualization.

Later, Henri moved to the Technological Transfer Office of its organization to develop the technological transfer and to set-up spin-off, with a high success rate.  Henri is a co-founder of CERES Brain Therapeutics, a biotech company dedicated to development of the treatment for cerebral rare diseases where he serves as the COO. Henri is also a member of the French National Academy of Pharmacie. Henri is an expert in medicines pricing since he has been rapporteur at the French comity pricing medicine for 5 years.