Holger Kissel joined BioNTech in 2013. Prior to joining BioNTech he worked at Artemis Pharmaceuticals (now Taconic) in Cologne, Germany, in various project management and business development roles, building a portfolio of preclinical oncology services for the company. After joining BioNTech hewas driving the company’s business development strategy, building several partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as academic institutions. In his role as Vice President Business Alliances he is heading BioNTech’s alliance management activities. Holger has an undergraduate degree from the University of Hamburg, Germany, conducted his PhD thesis at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY and postdoctoral studies at the Rockefeller University, NY.