Bernard Davitian

Bernard Davitian is a Partner at Omega Funds. He has extensive experience in the life sciences and biotech industry, marked by a number of successful transactions including financings and M&A. Mr. Davitian previously served as SVP and Managing Director at Sanofi Ventures, having first joined Sanofi in 2010 as Vice President, Deputy Global Head, Business Development. Over his 7-year tenure, Sanofi Ventures invested in 28 new companies and generated 14 exits (12 NASDAQ IPOs, 1 trade sale and 1 option deal).

Prior to Sanofi, Mr. Davitian held CEO, CFO and other leadership roles at Fovea Pharmaceuticals (which was sold to Sanofi in 2009 in a $540 million cash transaction), Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Transgene (which successfully raised $100 million in a 1998 IPO on the NASDAQ/EuroNext) and Institut Mérieux (now Sanofi Pasteur). Mr. Davitian received a Masters in Management from EM Lyon in France, as well as an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.