Alan Walts

Alan provides more than three decades of experience in the business of biotechnology to The Termeer Foundation. He also worked alongside Henri Termeer for more than 20 years at Genzyme, and later served as Henri’s Business Advisor.

Alan first met Henri in 1983 at Genzyme and had the remarkable good fortune to learn from Henri for several decades thereafter. While demanding excellence, Henri provided regular advice, guidance, and mentoring as Alan moved through business development, business strategy, research and development, general management, and venture capital positions at Genzyme. Prior to leaving Genzyme in 2013, Alan managed Genzyme’s corporate venture fund, Genzyme Ventures (now Sanofi Ventures). After leaving Genzyme, Alan served as Henri’s Business Advisor, working closely with him on founding and investing in early stage companies.

Alan received a Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT in 1985, carried out post-doctoral research in biochemistry at MIT with Professor Christopher Walsh, and completed the executive Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.