
Our return in humanity

Paimun Amini
Senior Director of Venture Investments Agriculture

Nataša Baždarević
Administrative Support Brand & Community Engagement

Denise Boehme
Director Portfolio Strategy & Reporting

Lee Cooper
Senior Director of Venture Investments Health

Rakhshita Dhar
Senior Director of Venture Investments Health

Ruzha Draganova
HR Business Partner

Juergen Eckhardt
EVP and Head of Leaps by Bayer

Doerte Fiebiger
Brand & Community Engagement Support

André Guillaume
VP / Head of Brand & Community Engagement

Lucio Iannone
VP of Venture Investments Health

Ingo Kloeckner
Head of Portfolio Strategy & Reporting

PeiSze Ng
Director of Venture Investments

Derek Norman
VP of Venture Investments Agriculture

Alev Oezmen
Portfolio Strategy & Reporting Support

Sara Olson
Senior Director of Venture Investments Agriculture

Billie Othman
Executive Assistant

Kira Peikoff
Deputy Director Communications

Neele Piekarz
Brand & Community Engagement Associate

Fabio Pucci
Senior Director of Venture Investments Health

Karyn Riegel
Deputy Director of Brand & Community Engagement

Nicki Saee
Digital & Event Marketing Associate

Pamela Sisson
Head of Legal

Ryan D. Teksten
Senior Director of Venture Investments Agriculture

Julie Yang
Senior Director of Venture Investments Health
Meet the team behind Leaps
The Leaps team brings together a diverse group of individuals with expertise in biotech, healthcare, agriculture, investment, and communication. With geographical hubs in Berlin and Boston, as well as team members in the Bay Area, Basel, Singapore, and beyond, we all strive to achieve our common goal: to drive breakthroughs in life sciences that could fundamentally change the world for the better.
