This is our story
As a relatively young company we keep a straight line
from our values to our vision to our focus. The sum of the three, points to our direction. Helping more people.
Meet The Team
We are an exceptional, multidisciplinary team based in Copenhagen Denmark. Our passion for bringing our concept and product to market is heartfelt. That is our fuel.
Jan Kyhse Andersen is the CEO and founder of CHRETO ApS, and more importantly, the inventor of the CHRETO® Technology. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Technology University of Denmark and has more than 30 years’ experience as inventor, entrepreneur and manager in the biotechnology and diagnostic industry.
He is the inventor of Semi Dry Electroblotting, a technique that significantly improved Western Blotting as well as the first to commercialize the apparatus. He was founder of JKA BIOTECH and co-founder of Kem-En-Tec A/S.
Kim Bjørnstrup
Kim has a management career of more than 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He graduated from Copenhagen University in 1984 and was licensed as a Lawyer in 1987. From 1987 to 1992, he was Internal Legal Counsel to Lundbeck AS and Later Coloplast AS. From 1992 to 2010 Kim worked at Octapharma AG in Switzerland, as Vice Chairman /CEO. In 2010, he re-started Xeltis AG a Swiss biotech specialized in self-generating heart valves. He was also the CEO of BPL UK a company from 2013 to 2014.
Casper brings broad life science and commercial experience from listed and private companies. Today, he is Chief Business Officer with EXACT Therapeutics, a oncology-focused spin-out form GE HealthCare. His latest roles have been with Nykode Therapeutics where he has served as Sr. Director Special Projects and were a part of the extended leadership team. Prior to that, he was heading Nykode’s business development activities as Director Business Development. He has also held business development and strategy roles at Arcus, Elopak; and with Novozymes in Denmark, U.S. and U.K.
Susanne holds a MSc in Toxicology from Karolinska Institutet 1992. Susanne has a management career of more than 20 years in the chemical industry. From 1993 to 2014 she worked at Akzo Nobel and between 2004 and 2014 she was European Sales Director in the area of adhesives and coatings. Susanne has a long experience related to environment and sustainability and had a position as CEO of Bastaonline AB from 2014 and 2022, focusing on building- and construction products.
Anders Wikström holds the position as Executive Vice President Operations at Biotage and has previously been responsible for R&D as VP R&D at Biotage. Anders has been with Biotage over 20 years and has been on the management team since 2007.
In addition to 20+ years of experience of the life science business he has a background in computer science and has experience of project management and working as a consultant manager having worked at companies such as Prevas and Valtech. Anders graduated from Uppsala University with a degree in Computer Science 1996.
Frank Nygaard serves as CMC Director, Drug Substance Development at Symphogen and has extensive hands-on experience with more than 20 years in biotech covering early and late phase R&D and technology transfers. He has been responsible for lead candidate selection, process development and technology transfers to CMOs for GMP manufacturing of drug substance and drug product as well as biochemical analysis and characterisation of protein therapeutics including monoclonal antibodies. He hold a M.Sc. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. degree in protein chemistry from the University of Copenhagen
Peder has a Master in Pharm. Sc. and a postgraduate degree in marketing. He is a member of the family behind Dako (now Agilent Dako), a manufacturer of high-quality diagnostic antibodies, and was for a period a member of Dako’s board of directors.
After 22 years as a pharmacist with his own pharmacy, he now works primarily with portfolio management and is the head of two of the family’s Family Offices.
He is also involved in volunteer work, including fundraising for global Girl Scouts and is a member of the Danish team in The Olave Baden-Powell Society.