AMP Biosimilars AG announced that Klaus K. Wilgenbus will lead the firm as the new CEO from July 1, 2016. In 2014 Klaus Wilgenbus retired as Corp. Senior VP Business Development Licensing and Strategy from Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). During his 18 year tenure at BI he held various positions covering Business Development, R&D, innovation management, corporate and commercial strategy, and organizational development. Under his leadership BI has entered into more than 200 strategic transactions incl. R&D collaborations, global co-promotion and co-marketing alliances, JV's and merger and acquisitions with business partners from North-America, EU and Asia. Klaus Wilgenbus also served on various boards such as Karolinska Development AB (SolnaSweden), Actimis Inc. (San Diego) and Boehringer Ingelheim Deutschland GmbH & Co KG and represented BI at the Board of (US) BIO. After 2014 Klaus Wilgenbus served as interim-CEO at Karolinska Development AB and advised as independent consultant small to mid sized biotech companies and life sciences investors in the areas of corporate strategy, fundraising and business transactions. Wilgenbus was trained as a physician in Germany and the US and holds an MD from RWTH Aachen. Founding CEO Dr. Marc W. Hentz retires from the post in a planned succession move.