Dirk has over 20 years of healthcare operational and advisory experience in Europe with a focus on pharma/biotech and medtech. His previous professional experiences include CFO and Co-Founder at Dynamic Biosensors GmbH; Project Leaders at L.E.K. Consulting, Earnest & Young, Mercer; and Manager Strategic Planning and Business Development at Novartis.

Dirk holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. in medical immunology from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine; and MD from Heidelberg University.