Board of Directors

Susanne Stuffers (1981) has served on the Board of Directors since April 2025. She holds an M.D. degree from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, and a Ph.D. degree in cancer biomedicine from the Norwegian Radiumhospital. She has broad experience in healthcare and life sciences, covering the sector from several angles. She was a management consultant in health care (public and private) and life sciences at EY, served in medical and commercial roles in the pharmaceutical industry (Novartis), and has clinical practice as a resident in oncology. She worked with Arctic Securities as an equity analyst covering the healthcare sector, before joining forces with T.D. Veen to co-found and lead P53 Invest. She has supported life science companies in different phases of development. She also served as member of the Board of Directors of Nykode from February 2019 until May 2021. 

Christian Åbyholm (1972) has served on the Board of Directors since January 2020. He is a partner at Andenæsgruppen, a shareholder of Nykode. His prior professional experience and past roles include M&A, business development and equity research with Norsk Hydro, Aker RGI, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Christian is a CFA Charter holder, has an MBA from IMD, and holds a business degree (siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. In addition, he completed the first two years of law school at the University of Oslo. He is a Norwegian citizen.

Trygve Lauvdal, Ph.D. (1969) has served on the Board of Directors since April 2025. He also served as an observer to the Board from December 2021, prior to which he served as a Board Member from April 2020. He is an Investment Director with RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS, a shareholder of the Nykode. Prior to joining RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS, he worked as an equity analyst with DNB Markets and as product manager with ABB. He has held several board positions with Norwegian companies. Trygve holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is a Norwegian citizen.