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.

Wenche Gerhardsen

Head of Communications

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

Wenche Gerhardsen is currently on parental leave until August 2018. Please contact Espen Haakstad for any communications related issues.

Wenche 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.

Espen Haakstad

Communications Advisor

E-mail: eh@oslocancercluster.no
Mobile: + 47 458 86 937

Espen Haakstad is Wenche Gerhardsen’s temporary replacement and will be seeing to the cluster’s and incubator’s internal and external communications in her absence.

He has previously worked as a Science Journalist at the University of Oslo and as a Communication Advisor at The Norwegian Research Council. Espen holds a Master’s degree in Rhetoric and has worked 16 years with news and communications.