Laurent leads Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences since 2008 and has been involved in more than 100 medtech, biotech and digital health corporate finance transactions and advisory assignments for the Cukierman group. His team works worldwide with venture-backed and middle market companies for fund raising, licensing deals and M&A transactions as well as strategic projects for key life sciences industry players.

After a veterinary practice and an entrepreneurial experience, he worked 10 years in Schering-Plough (acquired by Merck & Co.) in marketing positions in dermatology, allergy, respiratory and animal health in France, General Manager in Israel and Vice President, Virology, Oncology and Cardiology in Canada. He then served 4 years as General Manager at Bellus Health/Neurochem (NASDAQ & TSE) a biotech startup dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Choppe is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine of the University Paris XII, laureate of the École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, CES of Veterinary Ophthalmology and earned a MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). He is married, father of three, grandfather of one and lives in Lausanne (Switzerland) and Tel Aviv (Israel).