Executive Steering Committee

Charles Gloor
Co-founder and Managing Director of Birgli

Charles Gloor is a co-founder and Managing Director of birgli ag. Birgli is an interim management and consulting company which has to date provided services and support for a number of pharmaceutical companies, national wholesalers, pharmacy franchise groups, and investment groups including private equity.

Prior to founding birgli in February 2006, Charles started and established AVS Health (now Celesio Manufacturer Solutions) providing distribution and marketing services to nearly 400 healthcare companies throughout Europe. 
He previously established Zuellig Pharma as Vietnam’s largest foreign distributor and marketing/agency service provider of pharmaceutical & healthcare products.

Prior to this he held positions with Trans Bussan and The Kroger Company. Charles holds a Marketing degree from Texas A&M University and a Master of International Management from Thunderbird School Global Management.



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Mr Alec Arho Havrén
Founder

Mrs Sari Arho Havrén
Co-founder, Executive Director

Dr Niclas Ihrén
Sustainability Expert, Advisor to Tällberg Foundation, Global Utmaning and the World Ecological Forum

Ms Anna Hrdlicka
Licentiate of Technology in Real Estate Economics

Bishop Lennart Koskinen
Lutheran Church of Sweden

Mr Alfred Kwok
Co-founder, Savantas Policy Institute, Hong Kong

Mr Tomas Otterström
Deputy CEO at GreenStream Network Plc

Mrs Marianne Samuelsson
former governor of Gotland (Environmental/Green party)

Professor Derek Shearer
former US Ambassador to Finland and professor at Occidental University

Ms. Saara Kankaanrinta
Secretary-General of BSAG, Content Leader of Baltic Sea Action Summit 2010

Professor Kai Wartiainen
Architect, Creative Director, Pöyry Architects

Dr Po Chi Wu
Visiting Professor and Co-founding Executive Director of the Global Innovation Research Center, Peking University and Co-founder and Managing Director of DragonBridge Capital, California, USA

Mr. Pasi Rutanen
Former Ambassador of Finland to OECD and to the Peoples Republic of China

Ms. Carola Wictorsson
Marketing Director, Jyvaskyla Innovation

Ms. Doris Kwan
CEO, Brainworks Asia Ltd.

Charles Gloor
Co-founder and Managing Director of Birgli