Keith Manchester is a Managing Director and head of Life Sciences for QVT Financial LP. Dr. Manchester focuses on investments in both publicly-traded and privately owned life sciences companies. Prior to that, he was Vice President of business development at Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc., a biotechnology company. He has previously served as an associate at Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and as an investment banker in the healthcare group at Goldman Sachs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Roivant Sciences, Myovant Sciences, and Arbutus Biopharma Corporation. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School