Elisabeth von Weizsäcker serves as the Director Technology Management for Ascenion GmbH and acts as an independent observer at the Board of T-knife. She studied Biology in Freiburg and California and received a PhD in Developmental Biology from the University of Cologne. Later, she started working in the field of business consulting for companies such as Bossard Consultants. She is a founding member of the Metropolitan Consulting Group and helped build the company for 10 years. With that know-how, she now supports start-ups like T-knife and consults academic research institution in their commercial activities.