S3e01 Life Changing Innovation with Paul Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics
The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana Banerjee · 2025-04-25 · 58 min
Episode notes
Launching Season 3 of the Mindful Leadership Podcast featuring stories of inspirational leaders who do different things differently! Our inaugural guest on Season 3 is Dr Paul Peter Tak , who is dramatically changing the life of CANCER patients through transformative NEW medicines‼️ He is the CEO of Candel Therapeutics. He is a visionary, a physician, a scientist, an academic, a F500 pharma leader, AND a serial biotech entrepreneur. He has published >600 papers and been cited 100,000+ times‼️ Phew‼️ In this episode, we dig into: His story and what has shaped him The moment that changed his life forever, and inspired him to be a doctor The mentor whose advice changed the trajectory of his career What made him move from being in celebrity in academia to GSK Why he chose to take a chance on Candel What drives him.