Marcel Lacaze
Marcel joined Permira as a Principal in 2014 and focuses on the healthcare sector. Prior to joining Permira, Marcel worked for Novartis, leading the M&A activities for Novartis Consumer Health, Vaccines & Diagnostics. Before that, he spent eight years in investment banking working for Lazard and Merrill Lynch. Marcel holds degrees in Business Administration, Economics and languages from the University of Passau, Germany, as well as Bejing Yuyan Xueyan, China.
Robin Hargreaves
Laëtitia Gerbe
Brian Topper
Ferdrik Ullman
Kathy V. Turner
Ms. Turner has been Corporate Vice President of IDEXX since May 2014 and leads the Company’s Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) Companion Animal Commercial Operations. Prior to joining the Company, from 1987 to May 2014, Ms. Turner held various leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, Inc., a broad-based healthcare company that manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, medical products and diagnostics. Most recently, Ms. Turner was Divisional Vice President of European Commercial Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2011 to 2014, and prior to that, Divisional Vice President of Global Strategic Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising from Syracuse University.
Berwyn Clarke
James Andrews
James is a qualified vet, entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Currently, James is a co-founder of Felcana – a leading veterinary telehealth innovator focused on cats and dogs – and a Non-Executive Director of National Milk Records Plc. Prior to founding Felcana, James was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company and spent a year in France studying for an MBA at INSEAD.
Davide Rossi
Davide Rossi is a Co-Founder and CEO of FitBark, a data-driven pet technology company focused on getting pets and their owners safe and healthy together. FitBark builds collar sensors and software infrastructure that helps humans in 140+ countries to develop real-time, comparative knowledge of their pet’s location, activity, quality of sleep, calorie balance, anxiety, skin conditions and overall health and behavior. FitBark is also a research-grade platform adopted by 100+ vet schools and research institutions to conduct research on new drugs, products and treatments related to mobility, anxious behaviors and skin conditions.
In a previous life, Davide designed Ferrari engines, co-founded BRM Model Cars, and managed Oil & Gas projects in Asia and the Middle East. More recently, he served as an investment banker with Deutsche Bank in New York, where he advised FinTech clients on capital raises and matters related to mergers and acquisitions.
Davide holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) and a Master in Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.