Mark Saad

Mark joined Alethea Capital Management, LLC (“Alethea”) in 2017 with twenty-five years of executive management and investment banking experience. He is responsible for operations of the firm, working closely with Tony to achieve long-term strategic goals. Mark comes to Alethea from Bird Rock Bio, Inc., (“BRB”) a San Diego based biotechnology company with significant international operations, where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2014 and had a broad range of operating responsibilities. He was part of the team at BRB which completed a merger-option agreement with Johnson & Johnson in December 2016 and remained with the company through early 2017. Mark began his financial career in New York in 1993 with the investment banking division of Salomon Smith Barney, where he completed a three year financial analyst program and was promoted to Associate. He was recruited by UBS in 1999, where he ascended to the position of Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the industry leading Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group. During this time, he gained considerable experience in all aspects of the execution of a wide range of financing and M&A transactions, as well as management of a 100+ person international team. Seeking to transition and augment these skills to directly building companies, in 2004 he accepted the Chief Financial Officer position at Cytori Therapeutics, a San Diego based medical technology company. Over the next ten years, he played a key role in raising more than $250 million both through multiple equity and debt financings as well as strategic transactions. In addition to finance, he oversaw business development, legal, HR, IT and facilities. During this time, Mark was a key part of the formation of a joint venture with Olympus Corporation and served on its Board of Directors. Mark currently serves as a Board Member for Axsome Therapeutics, a New York based publicly traded company, where he assisted in the completion of the company’s IPO in 2015. He has also served as a mentor for Onestart, a leading life sciences and healthcare startup accelerator program. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Villanova University, where he minored in History and was a rower on the Men’s Lightweight Crew team. He resides in San Diego with his wife, son, and two daughters.