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Lars Christian Wilde

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Chairman & Co-Founder at Kadence Bio
📍 London Area, United Kingdom

Lars Christian Wilde is a serial biotech entrepreneur, co-founding Nasdaq-listed companies ATAI Life Sciences and COMPASS Pathways. As CEO of Pangea Bio, he focuses on developing nature-inspired therapeutics. He holds a Master in Finance from IE Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Rotterdam School of Management.

His professional mission is deeply personal, stemming from his own successful experience overcoming treatment-resistant depression with psilocybin therapy. This inspired him to accelerate patient access to innovative mental health treatments and build new models to make existing ones obsolete, a philosophy he champions.

Unique fact: His journey from patient to pioneer led him to co-found companies dedicated to the clinical development of the very type of therapy that aided his own recovery.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Chairman & Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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Priorities

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Mental Health Innovation
He co-founded multiple companies to fundamentally change the landscape of mental health care and accelerate patient access to evidence-based innovation.
Psychedelic Therapeutics
His work at COMPASS Pathways centers on developing COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression, a mission driven by his personal experience.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
Chairman & Co-Founder
Kadence Bio
3-2021
CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder
Pangea Bio
1-2021
Co-Founder
COMPASS Pathways
1-2021 - 4-2023
Non Executive Director
Sutura Therapeutics
11-2018 - 9-2020
Non Executive Director
Perception Neuroscience
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Using AI to uncover nature's hidden cures - Lars Wilde of Pangea Bio. Featured in Spotify
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Using AI to uncover nature's hidden cures - Lars Wilde of Pangea Bio. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2009 - 2010
Master in Finance
IE Business School
2006 - 2009
Bachelor of Science
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
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