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Chief Sustainability Officer & Director, Ås produksjonslab

Ørjan L. Apeland

Ørjan Leiknes Apeland holds an MScPharm degree from the University of Oslo, obtained in 2016. Since graduating, he has accumulated extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on quality control and manufacturing. Mr. Apeland commenced his role with the Curida Group in 2020 and currently holds overall responsibility for Ås Produksjonslab AS. He also has the overall responsibility for sustainability in the group.

Ørjan Leiknes Apeland holds an MScPharm degree from the University of Oslo, obtained in 2016. Since graduating, he has accumulated extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on quality control and manufacturing. Mr. Apeland commenced his role with the Curida Group in 2020 and currently holds overall responsibility for Ås Produksjonslab AS. He also has the overall responsibility for sustainability in the group.

People

Ole Jesper Dahlberg

Chairman of the Board

Ole J. Dahlberg brings 25 years of experience from the life science industry. In addition to co-founded three start-up companies, Dahlberg worked both on the commercial side, and in R&D leadership roles, for German Biotech company Qiagen. Over the past 15 years Dahlberg has been in executive leadership roles in Life Technologies, as Managing Director for Norway based Dynal Biotech, and later for Thermo Fisher Scientific. 

Until 2021 Dahlberg was based in California, USA, working as Vice President & General Manager with responsibility for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Cell Biology Division. Dahlberg holds a few biotech company board positions, and currently works as Independent Executive in the life science industry. Mr. Dahlberg holds a Master of Science in Genetics and Marine Biology from University of Oslo.

ole.dahlberg@curida.noLinkedin

Anders Larsson

CEO

From May 1st, 2024, Anders Larsson is employed as the CEO of Curida. Anders has been acting COO in Curida since fall 2023 and have a deep knowledge of Curida business and operations.

Anders brings extensive experience from the pharma, pharmacy and pharma services industry from his role as CEO in Norway for Boots pharmacy and Alliance Healthcare pharma wholesale (Cencora). Furthermore, Anders has over a decade of experience in development and end-to-end operations in FMCG, food and beverage from multiple executive roles in Orkla and Carlsberg, located in Scandinavia and also in Asia. Educationally, Anders holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University Gothenburg and Imperial College London, as well as a BSc in finance from Gothenburg University.

anders.larsson@curida.noLinkedin

Terje Gabrielsen

Chief Financial Officer

Terje Gabrielsen has been Chief Financial Officer of Curida since September 2017. Prior to his appointment in Curida, he worked as CFO Thales Norway, Denofa, Nammo Group, Raufoss Group, Unitor North America and Alcatel Telettra. Mr Gabrielsen holds an MSc in Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School.

terje.gabrielsen@curida.noLinkedin

Jens Schanche Dølør

Head of HR

Jens Schanche Dølør possesses a comprehensive background in military education and experience, having held various leadership and human resources roles across different levels within the armed forces. Additionally, he has garnered HR expertise from the healthcare sector. Since March 2024, Jens has served as the Head of Human Resources at Curida Group. In this capacity, he and his HR team deliver a full spectrum of HR support to all organizational levels.

jens-schanche.dolor@curida.noLinkedin

Stefan Einarsson

Senior Business Development Manager

Stefan Einarsson joined Curida in April 2024, bringing over 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry. He has held various sales and marketing roles at companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Mylan and Sandoz. In recent years, he has been in the Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) sector, working as Business Development Manager at APL, Director of Market Development at Recipharm, and Business Development Director at Ardena. Mr. Einarsson holds a BSc in Business Administration and an engineering degree from the University of Växjö.

stefan.einarsson@curida.noLinkedin

Peter Sjølie

Project Manager

Peter Sjølie holds a M.Sc. in Production Technology from NTNU Trondheim. Since graduating Peter has worked in the Norwegian research organization SINTEF and space and defence group NAMMO. Starting as a project manager responsible for tech transfers (TT) in Curida in 2019 Peter has obtained extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Especially through leading Curida’s single largest TT-project transferring 15 products (200+ SKU’s) over the course of two years. Since Q4 2021 Peter has been responsible for all tech transfer and development projects in Curida Small Molecules.

peter.sjolie@curida.noLinkedin

Mira Halvorsen Børstad

Director, Curida Diatec

Mira has a M.Sc in Molecular Bioscience and Immunology and joined the Diatec team in 2018. After 3 years as Key Account Manager she moved on to fill the position as Site Manager at our Diagnostics production site. When the company was aquired by Curida Biologics in 2022, Curida Diatec reorganized and Mira was asked to temporary lead operations at the two manufacturing sites in addition to business development. In May 2024 Mira was promoted to Director of Curida Diatec. Mira has a background from Basal Medical Research at Oslo University Hospital and a broad experience in sales and customer service from other industries.

MiraB@diatec.comLinkedin

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