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Hans Schikan, Pharm.D.

Vice Chair of the Board

Mr. Schikan is a co-founder of the Company and has been a director since August 2019. Mr. Schikan is the former CEO of Prosensa Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company focusing on novel RNA modulating treatments for rare diseases including Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Mr. Schikan was previously at Genzyme, most recently serving as VP for Global Marketing and Strategic Development of Genzyme’s product portfolio for rare genetic diseases. He is currently chairman of Vicore Pharma (STO: VICO) and Microbiotica and board member of Organon in The Netherlands. Finally, he is a member of the Top Team of the Dutch Top Sector Life Sciences & Health. Previously, he served on the boards of Sobi (STO: SOBI), Hansa Biopharma (STO: HNSA), Wilson Therapeutics (STO: WTX) (acquired by Alexion), Therachon (acquired by Pfizer), VectivBio (NASDAQ: VECT) (acquired by IronWood), Asceneuron and InteRNA. Mr. Schikan has a Pharm.D. degree from Utrecht University.