Thomas Lingelbach is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 11 different companies. Currently, he is President & Chief Executive Officer at Valneva SE, Chairman at Vaccines Holdings Sweden AB, Chairman at Valneva Sweden AB, Co-Managing Director at VALNEVA Austria GmbH and President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Valneva USA, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of Valneva SE), President & Chief Executive Officer for Intercell Austria AG and Chief Executive Officer at Grätzelmixer GmbH. Thomas Lingelbach is also on the board of Valneva Scotland Ltd., Valneva UK Ltd. and Valneva Canada, Inc.

He previously was Chief Executive Officer at Intercell AG, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Intercell USA, Inc., Managing Director & General Manager at GSK Vaccines GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for Elatos GmbH and Vice President-Global Industrial Operations at Chiron Corp.

He received a graduate degree from Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen.