TEAM

The Oslo Cancer Cluster Management Team will consist of people that may offer the Incubator companies business development services, access to an international network of key industry players, as well as facilitate investor contacts.

Bjørn Klem

General Manager

E-mail: bk@occincubator.com
Phone: + 47 924 16 156

Bjørn Klem started as General Manager for the Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator January 1st 2015.

Klem was previously Research Director in Photocure ASA and holds a Master of Science in Pharmacy from Oslo University.

In Photocure Klem has been in charge of exploratory projects including clinical development of both Metvix® and Hexvix®, which have both successfully been introduced to markets world-wide. He has also been involved in a project for treatment of HPV infection and cervical precancer that has reached phase II in clinical development.

Ania Johansen

Operations Manager

E-mail: ania@occincubator.com
Phone: + 47 93 61 48 94

Ania Johansen started as the Operations Manager for the incubator in April 2017.

She holds a double bachelor degree in International Marketing and Business from BI Norwegian Business School and Grenoble School of Management. Ania has previously been working for Aker Solutions and Twentieth Century Fox.

Janne Nestvold

Laboratory Manager

E-mail: jn@occincubator.com
Mobile: +47 470 19 414

Janne Nestvold is Laboratory Manager at Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator.

Wenche Gerhardsen

Head of Communications

E-mail: wg@oslocancercluster.no
Mobile: + 47 928 79 842

Wenche Gerhardsen is responsible for internal and external communications in the cluster and incubator, including e.g. our webpages, social media, media-relations and marketing.

She has previously worked at The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) as Senior Advisor and Communications Advisor and she has a background as a news- and science journalist. Her master’s degree is in political science. You can read more about Wenche’s background at LinkedIn.

Thomas Andersson

Senior Advisor Business Development

E-mail: ta@occincubator.com
Mobile: +46 70 538 93 78

Thomas Andersson is Senior Advisor Business Development at Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator and Oslo Cancer Cluster.

Thomas holds a Ph.D. in biophysics from Lund University and has more than 30 years of experience from establishing, operating and funding start-ups in the life science field.