Andy Tran is a GentiBio Board Director and a Vice President that leads and oversees key private biotechnology investments at Matrix Capital, a technology and life sciences investment firm. In addition to GentiBio, he has led investments in and served on the boards of multiple companies including Scribe Therapeutics, Insitro, EQRx, Dyno, and other startups in stealth-mode. Prior to Matrix, he was an Investment Partner at Andreesen Horowitz’s (a16z) Bio Fund investing in early-stage ventures in the life sciences. He has previously held roles at Genentech’s Discovery Oncology R&D department and Morgan Stanley’s investment banking group. Andy was trained as a Bioengineer and Computer scientist at Harvard University, where his research focused on gene therapy and CRISPR genome engineering technologies.
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Michal Silverberg is a GentiBio Board Director and a Managing Director at the Novartis Venture Fund (NVF), a life science investment firm. Prior to joining NVF, she was a Senior Partner at Takeda Ventures and, before that, held roles of increasing responsibility at Novo Nordisk, including Senior Director of Business Development and New Product Commercialization. Since 1998, Michal has held positions in various sectors of the life science industry, including in the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel, venture capital, and global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. She received her B.A. in Economics and Business Management from Haifa University, her M.B.A from Tel-Aviv University, and her M.S. in Biotechnology from Columbia University.
Carl Gordon is Board Director on GentiBio Board of Directors. Carl is a founding member, Managing Partner, and Co-Head of Global Private Equity at OrbiMed Advisors LLC, an investment firm. He also serves on the boards of directors of several public and private companies. Carl received a B.A. in Chemistry from Harvard College, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a fellow at The Rockefeller University.
Erez Chimovits is Chairman of the GentiBio Board of Directors. Erez is a Partner and Senior Managing Director on the Israel team for OrbiMed Advisors LLC, a healthcare investment firm. Erez has 14-years of operational experience, including 10 years of senior managerial experience in public companies. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Erez was the CEO of NasVax. Previously, Erez spent more than seven years with Compugen as President of Compugen USA Inc. and Executive VP of Commercial Operations. At Compugen, he had P&L responsibility for more than 100 people and led multiple transactions including J&J, Novartis, Teva, Abbott, Medarex, and others. Erez earned his B.Sc., his M.B.A., and his M.Sc. in Microbiology from Tel Aviv University.