Ben Bergo

Ben Bergo has more than 20 years of experience in life sciences. Prior to Visus, he served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Planet Innovation, where he led licensing and M&A transactions on behalf of the Planet Group. Additionally, Ben served as co-founder and CEO at Nohla Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the development of off-the-shelf cell therapies utilizing proprietary expanded cord blood formulations. Prior to this, Ben spun out technologies from Harvard University into a diagnostics venture that was later sold in 2015. Ben began his career working in venture capital and advising key leadership roles at Vision Systems, contributing to its sale to Danaher in 2006.

Ben holds a Masters in Applied Finance (prize winner) from Macquarie University, a Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical, 1st Class Honors) from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelors of Commerce (Economics) from the University of Melbourne.