Thierry CHIGNON

Thierry Chignon has more than 25 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Trials with particular focus on the medical device sector, including a first experience as Head Pharmacist with Institut Mérieux (10 years).As Director with Quintiles Consulting, between 1997 and 2006, he defined and participated in the implementation of business development strategies for innovative products in Europe. Thierry also worked for 5 years as an expert of the Commission of the European Union drafting Guidelines and Regulations for medical devices. He has chaired standardization working groups in CEN and ISO, as well as a Eucomed Task Force on Tissue engineering.In 2006, Thierry joined Matignon Investissement to raise and deploy the first French fund dedicated to European medical technologies (Matignon Technologies II, 80M€). After several positive exits (trade sale and IPOs), Thierry joined Mérieux Développement in 2014. Thierry holds a Pharmacy Degree, PharmD, a Master Degree from IEP Paris (Sciences Politiques), and an executive MBA from HEC Paris.