Jay Venkatesan
Business Management
Iovance Biotherapeutics
China
Biography
Dr. Venkatesan is the founder, portfolio manager and managing director of Ayer Capital Management, a global healthcare long-short equity fund. Prior to starting Ayer, he was a director at Brookside Capital Partners, the $9.8 billion hedge fund group associated with Bain Capital, where he oversaw the portfolio’s healthcare investments and evaluated public and private investments in all healthcare sub-sectors. The founder and former CEO of Varro Technologies, Dr. Venkatesan was previously a healthcare venture investor at Patricof & Co. Ventures and a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA, magna cum laude, from Williams College, where he was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Research Interest
Business Management
