Supervisory Board Members

Effective from January 1, 2021, Peer Schatz has been appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CENTOGENE. Peer is the Managing Director of PS Capital Management GmbH, which provides capital and support to emerging companies, primarily in the Life Sciences industry. He joined CENTOGENE from his previous position as long-time Chief Executive Officer of QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt: QIA), a leading provider of molecular sample and assay technologies. From 1993 to 2019, he led QIAGEN's rapid expansion from a start-up company with $2 million in sales into a global leader in molecular testing with over $1.6 billion in revenues. Prior to joining QIAGEN, Peer participated in the founding of several startup companies in the IT industry and also held positions at ComputerLand AG and Sandoz AG. Peer served as a founding member of the German Corporate Governance Commission, as a Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Evotec AG, as Vice Chairman of AdvaMedDx (an in-vitro diagnostics industry organization in the United States) and as Director of the U.S. Analytical & Life Science and Diagnostic Association (ALDA). He graduated from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a master’s degree in Finance and from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with an MBA.

Dr. Birner, Managing Partner, Montreal and Munich, is responsible for TVM Capital Life Science’s overall investment strategy and fund operations in North America and Europe. Dr. Birner joined TVM Capital in 2000 as an investment manager. He currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Noxxon Pharma N.V., SpePharm Holdings BV, leon nanodrugs GmbH, Argos Therapeutics and AL-S Pharma AG. He is also a member of the board of directors of Proteon Therapeutics Inc. and Acer Therapeutics Inc. Dr. Birner previously served on the board of directors of Horizon Pharma, Inc., Bioxell SA, Evotec AG, Probiodrug AG and Jerini AG. Prior to his current tenure, he was Head of Business Development Europe and Director of Marketing for Germany at Zeneca Agrochemicals. Dr. Birner joined Zeneca from McKinsey & Company’s European Health Care and Pharmaceutical practice. As a management consultant he gained extensive experience in R&D management, marketing and sales, and joint venture structuring and business development.

Before starting his professional career in business, he earned substantial academic merits, including a position as Assistant Professor for biochemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University (LMU), following his summa cum laude doctoral degree in biochemistry at LMU; his doctoral thesis was honored with the Hoffmann-La Roche prize for outstanding basic research in metabolic diseases. Dr. Birner also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Guido has over 15 years of experience in the private equity industry. After several years in the investment banking department of Merrill Lynch, Guido gathered international investing experience at TPG Capital and Allianz Capital Partners. In 2008 he built Deutsche Private Equity as the preeminent growth private equity platform for Mittelstand companies in the German speaking region. Ever since, he has supported numerous fast growing SMEs as an investor and board member.

Guido studied business administration at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, De Paul University Chicago and Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, Buenos Aires.