Lloyd M. Segal

Lloyd M. Segal has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of their board of directors since their incorporation in September 2016. From February 2010 to January 2016, he was a Managing Partner with Persistence Capital Partners, a Canadian-based healthcare private equity investor. Previously, Mr. Segal was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and served as chief executive officer of several emerging biotechnology companies including Advanced Bioconcept Inc., Caprion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now Caprion Biosciences), which he co-founded, and Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

He serves as a member of the board of directors of GBC American Fund, a U.S. growth-focused mutual fund. Mr. Segal also previously served as Chairman of LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology, Canada’s leading national endocrinology practice. From June 2016 to March 2020, Mr. Segal served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Versant Ventures. He was honored in 2013 by the Financial Times as Outstanding Director of the Year for public companies and also previously served on the boards of directors of several public and private U.S. and Canadian companies, including Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and its predecessor company, Biovail Corporation.

He holds a B.A. in politics from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Their board of directors believes that Mr. Segal’s extensive experience in the biotechnology industry in addition to his corporate governance and executive leadership experience qualify him to serve on their board of directors.