At Adalvo, there are no half measures – we are always on target. When your mission is to be faster and stronger than your competitors, you need a winning team driving your vision forward. You need people that has the industry know how and internal capabilities that align with your business goals. You need a team that has a passion for relentless commitment to you.

Our team is your team

Anil is the CEO at Adalvo, CCO of Alvotech and Chairman of the Board at Arphio. Anil comes with an impressive track record as a CEO, P&L owner, commercial operations professional and expert negotiator, completing countless license, acquisition, supply, distribution, and sales and marketing agreements, worth >$25B. Over the course of his 15-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Anil developed an extensive network and deep expertise in Commercial Operations, BD and M&A. Anil plays an integral role in building and establishing Adalvo as one of the leading B2B companies in Europe.

Anil previously served as the Head of Global Licensing for HELM AG where he managed all partnerships for small molecules in addition to biosimilars through a joint venture with Gedeon Richter, resulting in the most successful commercial performance in the company’s 40-year history. He also held positions of increasing responsibility at Abdi Ibrahim, in various regions and functions, eventually heading all international market operations where he developed and led the successful execution of a global market entry strategy including more than 30 new markets. He began his career at Sanofi as a medical rep and transitioned to business development.

Anil holds an MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and a Master of Marketing Management from Galatasaray University. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Engineering, graduating with honors. He has continued honing his skillset through various executive education programs at Harvard and INSEAD.

Anil was recognized “Leader of the Year” at the 2021 Global Generics and Biosimilars Awards.

Anil Okay

Martina is leading the Scientific Affairs teams for Adalvo. She brings more than 20 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry. She has been working across global regulatory setup for over 15 years. Leading teams in all continents, Martina successfully spearheaded several thousands of MA strategies including a number of proprietary, 505b2/hybrid and complex products.

During her career, she was able to bring innovative and proprietary products to full regulatory approval earlier than those products could be granted an EU regulatory approval.

Martina Feitzinger

Arni Baldursson

Vyara is leading the Finance & IT teams for Adalvo. She has more than 10 years’ experience in Finance. She started her career in Financial Advisory with Deloitte and has led a number of high profile transactions in various industries, building strong business acumen. During the past 5 years she has been heading Finance and FP&A functions in global pharmaceutical companies. Vyara is highly focused on digital transformation and automation in organisations.

Vyara Cassar

Nil Cinar is leading the Strategic Partnership team. She holds overall over 17 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. During her career, Nil has taken leadership roles in various departments of multinational pharmaceutical companies, and carried out responsibilities for commercial operations, business development, establishing and expanding geographical presence beyond the existing markets, and expanding company product pipelines, in several therapeutic areas.

Nil brings extensive knowledge and experience in various business deal models of Licensing, Co-development, M&A, fee-for-service, and possess a worldwide pharmaceutical business network. Nil has secured partnerships throughout all continents from USA, to EU and to China, and expanded company pipeline significantly with new products additions, including Proprietary and 505b2 programs, small molecules and complex injectables as well. 

Nil holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering, and has been certified through INSEAD management program. 

Nil Cinar

Toni is leading the Intellectual Property team at Adalvo. He has more than 20 years of experience in different pharmaceutical companies where he has been involved in developing and implementing complex patent and data exclusivity litigation strategies for several generics and added value products, including leading parallel litigation cases in multiple European countries.   He also has experience in patent and trademark prosecution.

Toni qualified as European Patent Attorney in 2010 and holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry.  

Toni Santamaria

Martin Paunov is leading the Alliance Management & Commercial Execution team at Adalvo. Martin has over 10 years’ experience within the pharmaceutical industry, leading various activities such as supply chain setup, procurement, new product launches globally including Biosimilars, business development activities,  market development and product lifecycle management. Martin’s is a highly competitive and business oriented individual and his primary interests lie within market development and supply chain optimization. 

Martin Paunov

Istvan is leading the Portfolio function for Adalvo. He brings 15 years of experience in the industry. Throughout his career he has been involved in managing portfolio and product securement for various regional and global companies. His interest lies mainly with complex and orphan products where he brings a solid track record navigating in various commercial regions from Europe to Asia-Pacific. Istvan brings a broad knowledge when it comes to product assessment, market evaluation and competitive intelligence.

Istvan holds an M.sc in Economics and an MBA in Business Management.

Istvan Tisler

Luca is leading the R&D function for Adalvo. He brings 13 years of experience in the industry. Throughout his career he has been involved in the development of generics, 505b2 and brand product for WW market. His interest lies mainly with complex drug product like injectable peptides, implants, extended-release oral dosage forms and topical product. Luca brings a broad knowledge when it comes to technical product assessment, drug product development and registration in market high regulated markets.

Luca holds an Ph.D in Pharmaceutical technology and Biopharmaceutics  

Luca Strusi

Alessandra Ruggiero is leading the Quality team at Adalvo. She bringing with her more than 20 years of hands-on experience in pharmaceutical technical operations and quality with a successful track record of compliance remediation of big manufacturing sites producing injectables. Before joining Adalvo, Alessandra covered different Quality Leadership roles in different pharmaceutical companies like Biosearch manufacturing (Aventis spin off), J&J, Pfizer, Haupt Pharma, Patheon Thermofisher, Kedrion, IBI Farmaceutici, leading more than 30 regulatory inspections from US-FDA, PMDA, ANVISA, EMA, Russian MoH, Turkish MoH. Alessandra started her career in Research & Development at Biosearch manufacturing (merged into Vicuron/Pfizer). Alessandra received a Master Degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Federico II Naples, Italy. She is very passionate about pharmaceutical production and is always focused on the quality of our products and patients safety.

Alessandra Ruggiero

Jaime is leading the legal function at Adalvo. Over the course of his 10-year career, Jaime has gained extensive experience in negotiating various agreements  associated with the Pharmaceutical industry. Within Adalvo, Jaime is responsible for drafting and reviewing all types of contracts for pharmaceutical products (such as in/out licensing, co-development and distribution agreements) and providing assistance towards the negotiation process. Jaime plays an important role in contract discussions and has assisted to secure over 100 deals per year for Adalvo since his arrival.  

Before joining Adalvo in 2020, he previously served as Legal Advisor for Accord Healthcare and Intas Pharmaceuticals where he provided legal advice on contractual and corporate matters. He also served as lawyer in PwC and Spanish IP law firm P&T Intellectual Property.

Jaime Isern

Gabi Cassar is leading the Human Resources and Corporate Communications functions at Adalvo, bringing over 10 years of experience within the HR field. Her background and experience comes from   an array of different industries including hospitality, events and pharmaceutical. Gabi is responsible for the strategic development of the human resources function and people strategy. She has extensive experience with employee engagement, compensation and benefits, reward & recognition, professional growth, culture & communications, training and performance management.

Gabi graduated with a Bachelor degree in Psychology and furthered her studies by reading for a MBA, from Henley University. She continued to enhance her knowledge through various education programs related to counselling and digital marketing.

Gabi Cassar

Meet the smart, hard-working, dedicated team at Adalvo

Paulo Rodriguez is responsible for driving initiatives for Business Development and partnering deals with MMC players, and expanding Adalvo’s business in the Southern EU and LATAM.  

Having spent most of the past eight years of his professional career analyzing international markets, he gained extensive experience implementation of pharmaceutical operational models amongst diverse markets. 

He began his career at FAES FARMA’s international Department. After years of devising, managing, and actively supporting business plan development for FAES new subsidiaries (B2C) in LATAM, he led the sales strategies and B2B activities in Europe & Asia. Following this, he joined INTAS Pharmaceuticals, leading Business Development activities in CEE, Russia & CIS regions. 

Paulo hold a degree in Human Biology and an MBA in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries at ESAME pharmaceutical business school

Paulo Rodriguez

Aitor is leading Out-licensing opportunities in Southern EU countries and responsible for certain specialty projects for Adalvo. He brings roughly 10 years of experience in the industry. 

Over the last years, he has been working on licensing and business development activities for regional and global companies. He has been involved in bringing to the market innovative and specialty products that offer new alternatives aimed at unmet medical needs. Aitor brings a broad knowledge when it comes to partnering scouting & selection, product assessment, market evaluation and competitive landscape.

Aitor is pharmacist by training and holds a master’s degree in drugs development, pharmaceutical business and market access.

Aitor Alferez

Ajish Rajan is leading the Business development & licensing initiatives for Central and Eastern Europe along with Russia & CIS region. He is also managing partnerships for a few key MNCs at global level.

With 15+ years of industry experience across Business development & In/Out licensing, Direct-to-market strategy, M&A profiling, P&L and Alliance Management, he has built a strong network of clientele across Europe, MENA and India. 

He has been instrumental in setting up Greenfield business units & Joint ventures in Europe & GCC for a few Indian MNC; hence highly appreciate intrapreneurship spirit in organizations.

Prior to joining Adalvo, he has worked with global pharmaceuticals such as Biocon, Lupin & Cipla and led business development and commercial teams.

Ajish holds a degree in Physics and MBA with specialization in International Business.

He is also a “Certified Manager” from ICPM, USA awarded with Administrative Management Society Scholarship.

Ajish Rajan

Jose is responsible for driving initiatives for Business Development and partnering deals in APAC, MENA and North EU regions. Jose brings over 10 years of international sales experience not only within the formulation field but also in other related sectors such as the OTC, API and Intermediates. 

He has substantial experience on expanding business activities of different companies by delving into new markets and establishing new distribution channels. 

Jose holds a B.sc in Biology and an MBA by the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. 

Jose Rendueles

Margarida is responsible for the Brazilian activities within our Business Development team and for building licensing strategies along with a cross functional alignment between the Business Development team and Adalvo’s internal teams.

Margarida has 12 years of experience, 6 years as pharmacist in a community pharmacy, 1 year as general director of a start-up and 5 years as Business Developer within the pharmaceutical industry.

As Business Developer she managed the BD activities in several regions, from Europe to Russia, CIS, MENA and Africa. Prior to Adalvo she worked with Bluepharma. 

Margarida holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and an Executive MBA.

Margarida Neves

Supreet Sharma is responsible for driving initiatives for Business Development and partnering deals in North Americas, UK, IE & Africa along with managing partnerships with other top MNC’s.

Supreet brings 14 years of extensive industry knowledge and skills in Business Development, Sales & Marketing, P&L management, Strategic Partnerships/collaborations and opening new markets, having experience in diverse therapeutic areas.

Prior to Adalvo, he has worked with Viatris/Mylan, Cadila and other global pharmaceutical organizations where he held roles in Business Development, Sales & marketing and handled several related projects in areas such as Alliance management, Market access, entry and expansion with a focus on Global markets.

Supreet holds a degree in Pharmacy and an Executive MBA with specialization in International Business.