Board

Aleksander Golob, MSc., MBA

Chairman of the Board, President of the Board of GOMAR d.d.

Aleksander Golob is the President of the Board, founder, and major shareholder of GOMAR d.d., a Slovenian private consulting enterprise. Aleksander is an engineer by training and also holds an MBA from the University of Maribor. His financial expertise was acquired during a banking career in a prominent investment bank in Slovenia. Aleksander is specialized in financial and tax consultation.

Matej Orešič, PhD, Prof.

Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor

Matej is the main founder of Zora, company's Chief Scientific Advisor and a Research Professor at VTT. Since 2003 he has been leading the research group "Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics" at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Matej's research interests extend from biomedical applications of metabolomics to integrative bioinformatics method development. His recent investigations include longitudinal metabolic profiles of children who progressed to Type 1 Diabetes (DIPP study), studies of statin induced myopathy, as well as investigations of lipidomic profiles associated with lipotoxicity induced insulin resistance. Prior to joining VTT, Matej was the principal scientist, computational biology and modelling at Beyond Genomics (currently known as BG Medicine), Waltham, Massachusetts and bioinformatician at LION Bioscience Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Matej Orešič holds a PhD in biophysics from Cornell University. 

Heikki Miettinen, MSc.

Board Member, Investment Director

Heikki Miettinen is the investment director at Innofinance Oy, a Finnish venture capital company. Heikki has an MSc. in a civil engineering with additional marketing and management studies. His career spans two decades in senior management and director positions in the construction industry. Heikki has held positions with regional responsibilites over Baltic States and Central European countries. Heikki is a Board member of several small and medium sized enterprises.

Matti Copeland, M.Econ.

Board Member, CEO of A&B Oy

Matti is the CEO of A&B Oy, a recently started consulting venture combining the best talent in management consulting and marketing. Matti has studied at Helsinki School of Economics and Stanford Graduate School of Business and has an extensive career in banking both in Finland and in the United States. The decade in banking was followed by management positions in venture capital and private equity. Most recently Matti was an M&A Advisory Partner at Deloitte. Matti is a Board member at the Finnish Association of Professional Board Members which actively discusses corporate governance practices in Finland. He is chairman and board member of several companies.