Francesco Mazzotta has combined research, leadership and entrepreneurship throughout his career. He has a background in engineering physics and a PhD in physics.

He has been a Clinical Innovation Fellow at Karolinska Institutet and KTH, and co-founded the medtech company Pilloxa (acquired in 2022), where he was CEO for over six years.

Today he is Head of Life Science and Health at the DEEP Institute at ESMT Berlin, Director of Creative Destruction Lab Berlin and an executive coach.