Oskar
Moore.

Growing up around Nordic Laboratories and Nordic Clinic meant seeing the laboratory and clinical sides of that process together. A test was never only a result on a page. There was also the question of how a practitioner would interpret it, explain it and use it within a person’s care.

In 2012, DNA Life became part of that story, with a focus on genetic testing. Its portfolio now spans more than ten genetic tests, designed to help practitioners use genetic insights in healthcare. It is an area that has continued to shape my interest in a more individual approach to health.

That background influences the questions I bring to a business today. What does it help someone understand? How is that information used? How do we make a complex subject clear enough for practitioners and customers to engage with it?

That includes working with subsidiary businesses, helping them navigate operational questions and supporting their development. At Functional Future, I am involved from a strategy perspective, helping shape direction and taking on the challenges that come with building a health business.

Our wider company and investment landscape includes Functional Future, ThermoCheck, DSruptive Subdermal, Innovative Pet Lab and BeUNO Pet. The mix extends beyond one category or one type of customer, while keeping a shared interest in the future of healthcare.

I spend much of my time connecting those different worlds. A conversation can move from a laboratory service to a consumer brand, from human health to animal health, or from a new technology to the realities of running a company. The work is varied, and it keeps the commercial questions grounded in what each business actually needs.

The ambition is to keep building and investing in companies that can make a difference. For me, that means staying close to the people doing the work and understanding how an idea becomes something that can reach a customer, a practitioner or a patient.

I have travelled internationally to explore longevity interventions, with a particular focus on cognitive performance and cognitive optimisation. I am interested in how we feel, think and function, and in the different approaches people are developing to understand those experiences.

My curiosity also reaches beyond testing and technology. Sauna is a regular part of my week, often several times a week. It is one of the routines I value personally and keep returning to.

I bring that firsthand curiosity into the conversations I have with founders and practitioners. My experiences give me questions to ask and ideas to examine. They are part of my own journey, rather than a promise that the same approach will suit everyone.