Eric W. Roberts

Mr. Roberts has 30 years of experience in the finance, investment and life sciences industry and has completed hundreds of financings and merger transactions. Mr. Roberts is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of CalciMedica Inc. He has served on the boards of a number of public and private life science companies. In 2012, Mr. Roberts co-founded the investment firm, Valence Life Sciences. Prior to Valence Life Sciences, Mr. Roberts managed the Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund which he co-founded in 2005. Prior to Caxton Advantage, he was Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Roberts was also a Managing Director, Partner and founder of the Life Sciences Department at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. which was ultimately merged into UBS. At UBS, Mr. Roberts ran the Life Sciences investment banking team. Earlier in his career, Mr. Roberts worked at the Citicorp Venture Capital (CVC) group. Mr. Roberts received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Director of the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and is a past Director of the American Museum of Fly Fishing.