Leadership

Max serves as CENTOGENE’s Chief Commercial Officer Diagnostics. Bringing over two decades of Experience, Max has the overall responsibility of driving the company’s Diagnostic business strategy and growth. He joins CENTOGENE from Roche Diagnostics, where he most recently served as Global Head of Medical Affairs of its Sequencing Business Unit. Within this role, he was responsible for developing and executing the medical strategy across different countries and disease areas, such as Oncology and Women’s Health. He came to Roche following the acquisition of Silicon Valley startup Ariosa Diagnostics Inc., where after a successful career in academic medicine, he helped build a leading global NIPT business.

Prior to his medical career, Max worked as a Management Consultant for McKinsey & Company – developing and implementing strategies and solutions to overcome complex challenges in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

Furthermore, he holds a medical degree from the University of Vienna and is board-certified with habilitation in Obstetrics and Gynecology and sub-specialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as certification in Clinical Genetics.

Prof. Peter Bauer, M.D., serves as CENTOGENE's Chief Genomic Officer, where he combines an extensive clinical and medical understanding of genetic testing with an excellent knowledge of the latest scientific developments.

Peter is passionate about turning medical questions into complete and fast analytical processes – ensuring that medically-driven results are brought to clinicians and patients immediately.

He received his board certification in Human Genetics in 2006 and previously headed the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at the Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics at the University Hospital Tübingen. Additionally, he is Vice President of the German Society of Neurogenetics (DGNG). Peter has authored more than 140 publications in Neurogenetics, Oncogenetics, Cardiogenetics, and Sequencing Technology.

Patrice P. Denèfle serves as CENTOGENE’s Chief Scientific Officer. Within this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s scientific activities to deliver on its vision and strategy, while driving value creation.

Patrice is a seasoned executive and scientific pioneer with over 35 years of experience at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in Europe and the U.S. – spearheading translational R&D to deliver breakthrough treatments to patients.  

Prior to joining CENTOGENE, Patrice served as Chief Scientific Officer at 4P-Pharma, where he led the R&D drug repositioning strategy and operations towards potential full clinical demonstration and asset-value transfer to large pharma companies. Over the past three decades, he has held several leadership positions, including as the General Manager of the Roche Institute for Research and Translational Medicine, as well as other senior roles at Sanofi Aventis and Ipsen. Patrice also served as CSO at Genethon, a biotech company dedicated to the development of gene therapy treatments for rare diseases.  

Patrice received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the Pasteur Institute, Paris, completed his HDR (Habilitation) in Molecular Pharmacology at the University of Lille, graduated as Adjunct University Professor, and taught Biotechnology for 10 years at the University Paris-Descartes. He was also trained as a CEDEP fellow at INSEAD and has co-authored more than 150 scientific papers and patents.