Laurent Choppe

Laurent Choppe is Managing Partner of Cukierman & Co Investment House Ltd. Dr. Laurent Choppe brings an extensive international life science experience in managing multi-functional teams and setting up new businesses in pharmaceuticals， biotechnology， nutraceuticals， animal health and direct-to-consumer markets.

After a veterinary practice and a new venture management experience， he joined Schering-Plough in 1994 by leading the marketing of major drugs in dermatology， allergy， respiratory and animal health in France， became General Manager and established the first subsidiary in Israel and moved up to Vice President， Virology， Oncology and Cardiology in Canada. From 2004 to 2008， he served as the General Manager of the international headquarters of BELLUS Health （NASDAQ & TSE）， a global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company addressing unmet needs in Alzheimer's disease， AA amyloidosis， diabetes， memory and cognition.

Dr. Choppe is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine of the University Paris XII， laureate of the École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort and earned a MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau （France）. He is married， father of 3 and lives in Lausanne， Switzerland.