Tove Cecilie Viebe
Founder & CEO
MD, Spec. Surgeon, MBA
Viebe is the founder and CEO of SEALD. She is a Certified Surgeon and former senior consultant at the Department of Cancer and Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, and within palliative care at Hospice Lovisenberg. Viebe holds a Master of Management from BI Norwegian Business School and established and ran the Biotech 2010 and 2011 conferences on commercialisation of medical research. The conferences were among the biggest in Northern Europe in their field. She is co-inventor of four patents within combination therapy of bile duct cancer (drug repurposing). She was awarded the Women TechEU grant in 2024, supporting her work in deep tech innovation and women-led entrepreneurship in Europe.
viebe@seald.no – (+47) 91315131
Paul Gordon
Clinical Project Director
B.Pharm, Ph.D tumor biology
Gordon is former senior researcher at the Department of Tissue Culture at The Cancer Research Institute, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, with a Dr. Philos degree centered around liver cells. He has more than 25 years experience as clinical project director and medical director at the clinical department of Nycomed (later Nycomed Amersham and finally GE Healthcare) and also clinical project director by Mentis Cura AS.
Paal Haugen
Chief Scientific Officer/Consultant
MSc in Biology, PhD in Medical Statistics
Haugen holds a BA from the Norwegian Military Academy, and serve as a scientist at NTNU, Dep. of Computer Science. Haugen has extensive expertise in applied statistics, ML, AI, data-driven modelling, sensor data analysis, software development and optimization, development of mathematical models for biomass estimation using advanced statistical methods, ML, and AI to support precise decision-making.
Astrid Myrset
Quality Manager / Regulatory Advisor – Consultant
PhD Biochemistry
Myrset is a specialist in Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs within the healthcare sector. Myrset is former Director of Clinical and Pre-Clinical Research at Algipharma, former CEO at Omegatri and has more than 30 years experience in research, quality management and regulatory affairs.
Jan Fikkan
Business Advisor, Aleap
M.Sc. Physiology
Fikkan is currently a Business Advisor in the largest Norwegian incubator for health oriented start-up companies. In this capacity, he uses his 30+ years of international Med Tech and Pharma experience to advise Seald in its evolution.
Mariann Donnum
Business Advisor, Aleap
MSc Marin Biology
Donnum has several years’ experience from business development, start-ups, biotech, RNA in technology, orphan drugs and pharmacovigilance, B2B and B2C sales, international business, market access and sales and marketing. She serves as Seald assigned Advisor at our member Health Incubator Aleap.