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Hosted by Maurice Thornton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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Join Maurice Thornton, founder and managing director of headcount AG, as he hosts top leaders and innovators in pharma, biotech, medtech, and digital health. Each episode delves deep into the personal journeys behind groundbreaking achievements in life sciences. From unexpected challenges to pivotal breakthroughs, Maurice uncovers the hidden ingredients of success, asking the questions others don’t. Curious how they made it? So are we 😉Tune in every month for candid conversations that reveal the untold stories behind some of the industry’s most transformative leaders.
Maurice Thornton hosts Leadership Lab 🔪- Dissecting life science success stories, a business show with 21 episodes published.
This episode is a little different. Instead of sitting down with one guest, Maurice looks back at some of the conversations that have stayed with him most — and the lessons that keep coming up again and again. From takin
In this episode of leadership lab, Maurice Thornton speaks with Christopher Hertz, Founder and Managing Director of Piomic, about what it really takes to build a medtech startup. Christopher shares his journey from molec
In this episode of Leadership Lab, Maurice Thornton speaks with Tiago Nunes, SVP Clinical Development at Mirum Pharmaceuticals, about rare disease, clinical development, patient-centred trials, and the career turns that
What if the reason you are not standing out is not lack of experience, but lack of clarity? Career coach Catherine Leduc joins Maurice Thornton to explore personal branding, networking, career drift, and what it really t
As part of our Podcasthon initiative, we sat down with Mathias Terheggen, Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy at ETH Foundation, to talk about a question many people ask before giving: does my contribution really make
AI is making CVs look better than ever — but is it actually making hiring easier? In this episode of leadership lab, Maurice sits down with Jana Herman, Chapter Lead for Integrated Workforce Strategies at Roche (Basel),
Hiring people who are better than you isn’t just good leadership — it’s the point. In this Season 2 opener of Leadership Lab, Maurice sits down with Annick Whyte, Commercial Delivery and Adoption Lead, to unpack what lea
Meet Armend Håti — Kosovo-born, Norway-raised bioengineer who turned an early patent into ClexBio. We talk about being a “young” biotech founder, the US spark that flipped his mindset, why his first industry role was (su
From Red Bull to Swiss MedTech — Adrian Hunn on leadership, curiosity, and building Swiss innovation. From marketing energy drinks to leading the Swiss MedTech association — Adrian Hunn’s career proves that leadership le
From law to biotech CEO — Franz-Werner Haas shares how vision shaped his career and leadership journey. From rural Germany to biotech boardrooms — Franz-Werner Haas’s career is anything but linear. A law graduate who sta
From table tennis to VP HR — Agata Baranowska's bold journey through global pharma leadership. Agata shares how a childhood of constant moves built her adaptability — and how she turned early opportunities into a global
From figure skates in Boston to biotech boardrooms in Basel—Sarah Holmes-Klotz never took the obvious route. Now Head of Global HR at Santhera Pharmaceuticals, she joins host Maurice Thornton to talk about long-distance
How do you turn legal into a true business leadership function? In this episode of Leadership Lab, we follow the journey of Marc Bauer, Head of Legal, EMEA at argenx. From his first exposure to law in a small German firm
Daniela Marino on bioengineered skin, bold leadership & skin in space This week on The Leadership Lab, we meet Daniela Marino, CEO and co-founder of Zurich-based CUTISS — a pioneering techbio company growing personalized
Before leading the Swiss Biotech Association, Michael Altorfer was a kid who struggled to focus and avoided making big decisions. What changed? A 7-month solo trip that reshaped how he saw the world—and himself. In this
🎙️Michelle Bridenbaker began her journey as a biologist with a double major in science and theatre set design. After moving into the medtech industry as a Surgical Sales Rep, she felt something was missing. Driven by em
Daniel J. Muller took an unconventional approach to success—he followed what came naturally to him and mastered it. What started as a simple strategy to avoid distractions in school led him to a fun-filled thesis project
Who says you need a plan to succeed? Certainly not Adrian Cuadra. Starting as an HR Coordinator with no clear roadmap, Adrian let curiosity take the wheel—and it worked. In less than 10 years, he moved from an entry-leve
From dreaming of a career in sports to leading biotech companies like LimmaTech and GlycoEra, and now excelling as a Partner at Pureos Bioventures, Veronica Gambillara Fonck’s journey showcases instinct, courage, and rem
🎙️ Step into the Leadership Lab with Maurice, where we uncover the personal stories shaping today’s life science leaders. In each episode, leaders from biotech, pharma, medtech, and digital health share the moments that
Christopher Hertz
Piomic
1 appearance on this show
Tiago Nunes
Mirum Pharmaceuticals
1 appearance on this show
Mathias Terheggen
ETH Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Jana Herrmann
Roche
1 appearance on this show
Armend Håti
ClexBio
1 appearance on this show
Adrian Hunn
Swiss MedTech
1 appearance on this show
Franz-Werner Haas
LimmaTech Biologics
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Holmes-Klotz
Santhera Pharmaceuticals
1 appearance on this show
Marc Bauer
argenx
1 appearance on this show
Daniela Marino
CUTISS
1 appearance on this show
Michael Altorfer
Swiss Biotech Association
1 appearance on this show
Daniel J. Muller
ETH Zurich
1 appearance on this show
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