The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Gunilla Lundmark, managing director, UU Holding

Gunilla Lundmark succeeded Lars Jonsson in September as managing director of Uppsala University (UU) Holding, the commercialisation arm of Uppsala University in Sweden.

Lundmark moved to UU Holding from pharmaceutical firm Pharmanest, where she was chief excecutive. She has more than 25 years of experience in the life sciences sector.

UU Holding has around 50 companies in its portfolio. Among them is spinout Beactica, a drug development company which in September this year closed an oversubscribed round of undisclosed size featuring VC firm Almi Invest and trade union Unionen. UU Holding previously backed the firm in 2014.

UU Holding, set up in 1998, has overseen the creation of more than 80 spinouts. The organisation works closely with the Uppsala University support service UU Innovation, and UU Holding also owns the UIC business incubator in conjunction with Uppsala municipality.