Irene Beatrice Püttner

Dr. Irene B.
Püttner is a Portfolio Manager at Credit Suisse AG.
She is a life sciences specialist with 11 years of investment track record.
She joined the Credit Suisse Group in 2008 and has managed the Credit Suisse Biotechnology Equity Fund since February 2008.
From 2001-2007 she worked as a life sciences fund manager and analyst at Bank Sarasin in Basel, Zürich and London managing HealthSar, a fund investing in biotech, pharma and medical technology companies.
In addition, she was co-manager of a fund focusing on innovation across various industries including life sciences and technology.
She dedicated her entire career to life sciences.
She got to understand the industry she is investing in from scratch: she worked during 12 years in experimental scientific research covering several therapeutic fields in academia as well as at Roche and Novartis in the USA and Switzerland, followed by eight years as business development manager with a strong deal track record at Ciba-Geigy, Novartis, Discovery Technologies and Syngenta.
Through her three decades of activities in the life science industry, she has a strong knowledge of the therapeutic areas, the companies and connections to their management.
Dr. Püttner holds a doctoral degree in natural sciences of the ETH in Zürich, Switzerland.