A founding partner of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, an investment firm focused exclusively on companies operating in the healthcare industry, George is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, executing, and monitoring private equity transactions and he serves on the board of directors for a number of Altaris portfolio companies. Prior to Altaris, George worked at Merrill Lynch where he was a member of the firm’s private equity and healthcare investment banking group. With a Masters in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the University of Oxford, George investigated the metabolism of bovine prion protein for his research dissertation.