Turning promising science into something the market understands and believes in is rarely straightforward. Leila de Koster shares how Hale navigated the realities of building a novel therapeutic category from the ground up, overcoming entrenched assumptions, earning trust across investors, regulators, and the veterinary market, and reaching the development and funding milestones that demonstrate the category is real.
Leila de Koster
Chief Executive Officer
Hale Animal Health
Nicolas Graber
Founder- Chairman
Graber Advisory Ansalt
Nicolas Graber
Founder- Chairman
Graber Advisory Ansalt
Nicolas studied business law at renowned universities in France, Germany and Switzerland and specialized in banking.
After working in the legal and compliance department of a large Zurich bank, he successfully took over the management of compliance departments of several private banks in Liechtenstein, where he supported their restructuring, digitalization and internationalization processes.
He holds certificates as a Digital Legal Officer from the University of Liechtenstein and in Corporate Governance from the University of St. Gallen/Swiss Board School.
Today, Nicolas advises companies and private individuals on compliance issues in the financial industry in Liechtenstein, teaches at the University of Liechtenstein and holds various board mandates
Payment integrity is undergoing a structural reset. Plans are moving from retrospective "pay and chase" audits to pre-payment validation powered by AI, predictive analytics, and automation. The vendor landscape is fragmenting in parallel; specialist innovators are challenging established leaders, while payers rethink whether to insource, outsource, or co-source across claims editing, clinical review, COB, subrogation, and FWA. But how should payer leaders sequence technology, services, and operating-model decisions to lower MLR and reduce provider abrasion without disrupting throughput? This two-speaker session unpacks where the PI market is heading and how plans should position for what's next.
- How AI and pre-payment validation are shifting value from recovery to prevention
- How niche innovators are reshaping vendor selection and the case for unified pre-pay / post-pay platforms
- How payers are restructuring in-house, outsourced, and co-sourced PI to make payment accuracy a strategic advantage
Ankur Verma
Vice President
Everest Group
Ankur Verma is a member of the Business Process Services team and assists clients on topics related to optimizing business process service delivery models, with an emphasis on Healthcare (payers and providers) and Life Sciences. Ankur’s responsibilities include assisting in managing Everest Group’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Outsourcing subscription offerings and providing outsourcing advisory services to clients on an ad hoc basis.
Prior to joining Everest Group, Ankur was a Senior Analyst with The Smartcube. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Suyash Choudhary
Senior Analyst
Everest Group
