Global Team
Our team of experienced entrepreneurs and executives across Diagnostics, Biotech, Medical Devices, and Finance located across Switzerland, Spain, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia.
Senior Leadership Team
Steven Goh
Chief Executive Officer
Steven has founded / co-founded several companies including Australia’s first online stockbroker Sanford Securities in 1996, one of the world’s first mobile social networks Migme in 2003; companies in biotech, finance, mining, resources and many others.
Over the past 30 years, he is grateful to have worked with top tier venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and across the globe, with meaningful strategics (including some of the largest companies in the world), dozens of incubators and hundreds of other startups, stock exchanges and investment banks.
During this time, he has developed extensive experience in developing and commercialising compelling Internet services for the social, consumer & financial industries. He has worked professionally in chartered accounting, stockbroking, investment banking and consulting, with a wide range of financial institutions in Australia, Asia, and Europe.
Steven maintains an avid interest in a range of technologies (including IT and biotech). As a consequence of his professional experience, he has also been involved in a few hundred capital issues and transactions for over USD 1 billion, including raising over USD 100 million for companies that he has founded and led, and four exits of greater than USD 100 million each.
Steven has won numerous professional and business awards. He has extensive private and public board experience, is a frequent speaker at conferences in Silicon Valley, Europe, Asia, & Australia, and has appeared on Wall St Journal, Australian Financial Review, CNBC, Financial Times, the Economist, Bloomberg and many others.
Lars Birkmann
Chief Financial Officer
Lars Birkmann has successfully worked in the Swiss life sciences sector for over twenty years and has been involved in all areas of finance from accounting, financial control, HR, IT, supply chain management, treasury, and mergers and acquisitions.
His professional career started in Germany and Switzerland and includes working with multinational corporations Sensile Medical and Gerresheimer, as well as with start-ups including ender diagnostics.
As CFO, he successfully led start-up companies from its foundation through scaling to a high growth company to their planned exit strategy. Lars holds degrees in Business Administration and Law.
Advisory Board
Derek Brandt
Derek Brandt brings over 25 years of international medical device and in-vitro diagnostics experience to Achiko. His professional career started in Switzerland and includes working with international organisations such as Roche and Gerresheimer, as well as with small- to mid-sized businesses in the technology and medical device industry. He successfully managed companies as CEO from the foundation to several hundred million Euro exits. Derek holds Master degrees in chemistry, statistics and pharmacokinetics.
Glen Cross
Glenn is a 40-year global life sciences veteran, and is CEO / founder of investment and advisory firm Red Bluff Capital. He was a former CEO / COO of Ausbiotech for 13 years and has been a senior executive in multinational and Australian life sciences companies, delivering his expertise in general management, sales, marketing, finance, distribution and manufacturing. He holds several board positions including at Horizon 3 Biotech Fund, Captix Biotechnology and Endexone.
Charles Pan
Charles brings world class international expertise with over 25 years’ experience in investment M&A, strategic partnership, startup management and ecosystem development for East Asia and Silicon Valley. He is currently Chief Investment Officer for Eastern Media Group and strategic advisor to Sigknow Biomedical, both in Taiwan. Prior he was Executive Board Member and Chief Strategy Officer at Migme, Special Assistant to Chairman and Chief Investment Officer at Foxconn, CEO at Orange Capital and Chief Financial Officer at eDynamics (acquired by Eastern Media Group). Prior he spent several years in venture capital and private equity in Greater China and Silicon Valley and he was a former investment banker at Lehman Brothers. Charles has a Bachelor of Business Administration from National Taiwan University and an MBA in Technology, Entrepreneurship and Finance from University of California, Berkeley and the Haas School of Business, graduating as a Fulbright Scholar and Haas Merit Scholar.
Board of Directors
Allen Wu
Chairman
Allen is a serial entrepreneur with diverse industry experience across the medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, direct sales, mining, infrastructure, energy, power, real estate, media, financial services, aviation and tourism industries. He is the Founder and Chairman of China Regent Holdings Limited, Co-Founder of CamCan Energy and CEO of Camergy Co. Limited in Cambodia. He is Chairman and President of Regent Blockchain Group Ltd. (RBG) in the Philippines and CEO of BZG Asia Investment LLC. He has a double Bachelor of Arts degree in World Economics and International Cultural Exchange and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations, from the International University of Japan Graduate School.
Steven Goh
Director
Steven has founded / co-founded several companies including Australia’s first online stockbroker Sanford Securities in 1996, one of the world’s first mobile social networks Migme in 2003; companies in biotech, finance, mining, resources and many others.
Over the past 30 years, he is grateful to have worked with top tier venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and across the globe, with meaningful strategics (including some of the largest companies in the world), dozens of incubators and hundreds of other startups, stock exchanges and investment banks.
During this time, he has developed extensive experience in developing and commercialising compelling Internet services for the social, consumer & financial industries. He has worked professionally in chartered accounting, stockbroking, investment banking and consulting, with a wide range of financial institutions in Australia, Asia, and Europe.
Steven maintains an avid interest in a range of technologies (including IT and biotech). As a consequence of his professional experience, he has also been involved in a few hundred capital issues and transactions for over USD 1 billion, including raising over USD 100 million for companies that he has founded and led, and four exits of greater than USD 100 million each.
Steven has won numerous professional and business awards. He has extensive private and public board experience, is a frequent speaker at conferences in Silicon Valley, Europe, Asia, & Australia, and has appeared on Wall St Journal, Australian Financial Review, CNBC, Financial Times, the Economist, Bloomberg and many others.
