Our Team

Dr. Klaus Binder

Managing Director, Founder

More than 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical product evelopment, biologics, business development and M&A. His focus is: product development, biologics manufacturing, structuring & organization, business development.

Dr. Ilka Fichtel

Senior Consultant

Entered Binder-Associates in 2004. Prior she was active in acquisition, project management and marketing of international research projects in the field of clinical research. Her focus is: Projectmanagement, targeted search, specific market research, outsourcing.

Our Advisory Board:

John Chickosky

More than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry with emphasis on bioprocess technologies for development and manufacturing. His focus is:  general management, business development including marketing and sales, product development and commercialization, M&A, turnaround management.

Ali Afnan

is an expert in pharmaceutical industry technical consultancy focused on process design and development, process analytical technology (PAT), Quality by Design (QbD) and regulatory issues. He is formerly a Senior Staff Fellow at the FDA CDER’s Office of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and a member of FDA’s original PAT Team.