Anita Riecher-Rössler

Anita Riecher-Rössler is Professor emerita of Psychiatry at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She has specialised in psychiatry, psychotherapy/psychoanalysis, consultation/liaison psychiatry and gerontopsychiatry. In 1998, she was the first woman to be appointed to a full chair for psychiatry in a German-speaking country. Her research interests include gender differences in mental disorders, and mental disorders in women. Currently she is Editor-in-Chief of the “Archives of Women’s Mental Health”. Anita is a mother of twins and loves gardening, rowing, hiking, cycling and traveling.

Anja Harmeier

Dr. Anja Harmeier is an experienced drug developer, scientist and entrepreneur in neuroscience and rare diseases. She has extensive R&D and operational capabilities complemented by a strong track record in company development and venture capital. She was recently appointed as CEO of Rewind Therapeutics and holds a PhD in Neuroscience/ Biochemistry from the Institute of Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa (ie) Madrid.

Edibe Goelgeli

Edibe is a mother, business economist and councilor for the canton of Basel-Stadt. For years she has been committed to a social and just canton. The most important topics of her political activity are family, educational, equality and social policy. Being a social democrat, Edibe believes this also means working for a diverse and open society - in other words, proactively dealing with integration and equality issues. But she is much more than "just" a woman with "migration experience"!

Helena Seth-Smith

Helena revels in her daily job of analysing bacterial genomes, with a view to better understanding pathogens both evolutionarily and within a hospital context. During her PhD at the University of Cambridge, she identified bacterial genes which break down explosives, for bioremediation. Later at the University of Zurich she characterised uncultured fish pathogens. Now at the University Hospital of Basel, she answers questions relating to emerging pathogens, outbreaks and transmission.

Vinnie Amendolare

Vinnie moved to Basel from New York City three years ago to work in healthcare. He’s previously worked as a high school English teacher, as a writer in the Obama White House, and as a speechwriter at an education nonprofit. With a deep passion for queer justice and liberation, he’s engaged in intersectional community organizing efforts at home and abroad.

Myoung-Ok Kwon

Myoung has 17 years of experience in healthcare investment and pharma research. Prior to joining Swisscom Ventures as a partner in June 2021, she managed a biotech venture fund and two public equity funds focusing on small- and mid-cap biotech companies in the field of therapeutics, diagnostics and medical device. Previously, she worked at Novartis and was responsible for research strategy & planning and portfolio review. She received her PhD from Universität Basel and conducted research at Friedrich-Miescher Institut, Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
She is currently leading a fund which focused on biotechs which are finding solutions to female health problems.

Daisy Scott Moncrieff - MC

Originally from the UK, Daisy has lived and worked in London, New York, and Basel. Since studying Psychology, she has built her 11+ year career in Marketing and Communications, loves asking ‘why’ and strategising how we can use effective communications to help support meaningful, sustainable change. For the past four years, Daisy has worked as an Account Director at Audience - a creative and strategic internal communications agency based in the centre of Basel.
In her free time, Daisy gets great enjoyment from exploring, eating and drinking, walking, being curious, and spending time with her family and friends.