Ariana Pharma strengthens management team with appointments of VP Business Development and Chief Financial Officer

Bertrand Lellouche is an experienced financial and business development executive. Prior to joining Ariana, Bertrand was the CFO of Promethera Biosciences, and led the company’s first European Listing Validation on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2020. Over the past three decades, Bertrand has acted as CFO & Executive Advisor for innovative and growing companies, with an emphasis in the Life Sciences, and has been involved in significant M&A, financing, and IPOs on the largest markets (USA-EU-Asia). He holds a Master of Science in International Management.

Dr Marion Soto joins Ariana Pharma as Vice President of Business Development. Prior to Ariana, Marion was Director of Business Development, leading business activities and strategy for Ysopia Bioscience, a clinical-stage microbiome biotech. Prior to her business development role, Marion was Drug Development Lead, driving preclinical programs to clinic, including the Ysopia’s lead program in metabolic diseases. A former fellow of the Harvard Medical School affiliated Ronald Kahn Laboratory at Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA, Marion has a decade-long experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical business development. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, she holds a Ph.D. in Nutrition & Neurobiology from AgroParisTech, Paris-Saclay University.