Myoung-Ok Kwon

Dr. Myoung-Ok Kwon is Head of Healthcare Investment at PMG and Asset Manager of the PMG Global Biotech Fund. She holds a PhD in biochemistry and molecular genetics from the University of Basel and the Friedrich Miescher Institute, which is part of the Novartis Research Foundation.

Dr. Kwon worked at Novartis as a Senior Research Planner and Scientific Assistant to the Head of Corporate Research. After leaving Novartis, she joined the Zurich-based venture capital fund Nextech Invest as managing partner. She led the investment team from 2007-2012 and made 10 biotech investments in the US and Europe. Her Board of Directors representation included Sunesis (USA), Macrogenics (USA), Tracon (USA), Telormedix (Switzerland), Imvision (Germany). She is a venture partner of Arcus Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund since 2014. She is also the founder of Julier Partners, a healthcare consulting firm active since 2013 and built up the Biotech Core Value Fund as an investment advisor from 2014-2019.