Alexander Asam

Dr. Asam has been an Investment Advisor of HBM Partners, and brings more than 20 years of experience in the life sciences and private equity businesses. He was a former managing director and partner of Deutsche Venture Capital (DVC) / Deutsche Bank from 2001 to 2007 and held various positions at Hoechst AG, Aventis S.A. (now: Sanofi) and LION Bioscience AG, among others, as well as a member of the IPO Core Team (dual listing Germany and USA). Dr. Asam holds an MBA degree from Aston Business School, Birmingham and a MSc and PhD in chemistry from University of Heidelberg. He is a board member of APR Applied Pharma Research and Sublimity Therapeutics, as well as a board observer at Swixx Biopharma and Longboard. We believe that Dr. Asam is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the life sciences industry, including as an investor and board member.