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Jesse Sevcik is a public and government affairs executive with more than 20 years of private sector, political, and government experience.

In his current role as Executive Advisor, Global Government Affairs at Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN), he leads a team of senior professionals who interact with governments and other stakeholders on a wide range of policy and political issues such as access to medicines, food safety, trade, and intellectual property protection.

Jesse builds positive relationships with government, trade organizations, and key stakeholder advocates and is well known for proactive policy and strategy development, leading negotiations, and resolving complex issues for the business. In recognition of his focus on delivering results and his communicative, decisive and transparent approach, he enjoys strong relationships with senior business leaders.

Over 20 years of R&D experience in Biotech and Big Pharma, with focus on the development of biotherapeutics and novel therapeutic platforms in oncology. Core expertise in oncology and immune-oncology research and development, spanning from target identification and validation, selection of therapeutic modalities and lead compounds, development of companion diagnostics, translational support for early clinical development and regulatory filings. As CSO and SVP of 3 T Biosciences, Hanspeter is overseeing platform- and therapeutic program development of novel classes of TCR based therapies to enable differentiated, innovative and transformational, cancer therapeutics that impact patients’ lives significantly.

Leadership of the Global Analytical Harmonization and Modernization organization within Global Quality reponsible for driving robustness, harmonization and modernization strategies and programs across GSK Vaccines with the intent to improve quality and timely QC testing

Dr. Diaz-Mitoma is a renowned medical scientist and professor who most recently served as a professor of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (“NOSM”). While in this position, Dr. Diaz-Mitoma was Vice President of Research at Health Sciences North and founder of the Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (“AMRIC”) and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist. AMRIC is focused on translational medical and vaccine development research. Prior to joining the faculty at the NOSM, Dr. Diaz-Mitoma was a professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, and Microbiology at the University of Ottawa. While in this position, he founded the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Centre at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (“CHEO”), a pediatric health and research center. Dr. Diaz-Mitoma received his medical degree from the University of Guadalajara, completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba, and earned a Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Alberta