Katrin Uschmann studied business administration and has 14 years of experience in corporate financing. First, she worked for five years as a credit analyst and corporate financing manager with a major German bank. Thereafter, she was responsible for coordinating major projects at a public bank for three years. She moved into the Venture Capital Business of the present bm-t as investment manager in 1999 and, since then, she has been in charge of the development of the biotechnology portfolio.