Alvaro Torres

Alvaro Torres

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Torres is the founder, CEO and Director of Khiron. He has almost two decades of experience in the Latin American market, including infrastructure projects and project finance, management strategy, team development, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Torres was previously head of business development for SNC-Lavalin, Colombia, and was instrumental in growing the company from two people to more than 2,000 people in Colombia over the course of three years. Mr. Torres has overseen the development of projects totaling over $1 billion in capital expenditure, including the development and construction of Colombia’s tallest skyscraper. Mr. Torres holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor

CFO Khiron Life Sciences Corp

Mr. O'Connor brings more than 30 years of operational, corporate finance, business development and corporate governance experience to Khiron. In 1998, Mr. O'Connor joined Orascom Telecom in Egypt as a founding executive, leading all business development and M&A activities throughout Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia and maintained many officer and director positions within the organization. In 1999, the company completed an initial public offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange and as such, was subject to a very high standard of corporate governance. Mr. O'Connor, as part of his ongoing duties, was an integral part of the financing and investor relations operations of the company. Mr. O'Connor began his career at the Economic Council of Canada before becoming the Director, Center for Economic and Financial Analysis at Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California, one of the largest international consulting companies in the U.S.

Franziska Katterbach

Franziska Katterbach

President, Europe

Franziska Katterbach is an accomplished business executive and legal expert (zugelassene Rechtsanwältin) who brings extensive experience working within Europe's emerging cannabis industry. After completing her legal studies at Universität Leipzig and Landgericht Darmstadt, Franziska joined corporate law firm Dentons, where she was involved high-profile deals in the cannabis sector across multiple jurisdictions. Franziska later served as Director of Legal for Canopy's European operations, prior to joining Khiron.