EDISON INVESTMENT RESEARCH LIMITED (LON:KEFI) BerGenBio (BGBIO): Martin Olin succeeds Richard Godfrey as CEO
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Edison Investment Research Limited
London, UK, 25 August 2021
BerGenBio (BGBIO): Martin Olin succeeds Richard Godfrey as CEO BerGenBio (BGBIO) has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO), Martin Olin, with effect from 8 September 2021. Martin Olin has more than two decades of executive experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and previously served as CEO of Symphogen, a clinical-stage biotech developing monoclonal antibody based treatments for a variety of cancers, prior to its acquisition by Servier in 2020. While the timing of this announcement does come as a surprise, we do not expect any disruptions to the current business strategy which the board has always been supportive of. Our valuation of BGBIO is unchanged at NOK4.91bn or NOK 55.8/share.
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