Yoh-Chie Lu

Mr. Lu was the Founder of Biosensors International Group and served as its Chairman and CEO from inception to 2008. He retained his leadership position as Chairman of Biosensors from January 2008 until November 2016 after it was acquired by Citic for SGD$1.1B.

Mr. Lu has more than 30 years’ experience in the medical industry. Prior to starting Biosensors in 1990, Mr. Lu established Asia-based operations for the Medical Division of Gould Inc in Tokyo in 1978. In 1986, he participated in a management-led leveraged buyout of the division from Gould and he continued as president of the Asia-Pacific division through 1988. Mr. Lu took the company to IPO in Nasdaq and it was subsequently sold to British Oxygen Corporation. He served as president of Asia-Pacific with British Oxygen until 1990.

Mr. Lu is active in both international and local medical arena as an entrepreneurial angel investor. Mr. Lu is a General Partner at Majuven Pte Ltd; Foundry Singapore and a venture partner for medical sector at Vertex Venture Management Pte Ltd. With SPRING, Mr. Lu collaborates with Accuron Technologies Ltd (a wholly- owned subsidiary of Temasek) through the Sector Specific Accelerator program.

Yoh-Chie serves on the board of directors for Earlens, Moximed, Ivantis, Visterra (acquired by Otsuka for $430M), and Innoventures.