William Rhodes

Biography

Mr. William Edward Rhodes is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Curetis BV. He is a healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is currently serving as Operating Partner with Linden Capital Partner's investment team since January of 2013. During his 14-year career at Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD, 1998-2012) Mr. Rhodes served several senior leadership positions, including such roles as Worldwide President of BD Biosciences (2009-2011). He was responsible for BD's corporate M&A activities as well as leading and growing operating companies. Furthermore, he founded BD Ventures, the venture capital arm of Becton, Dickinson and Co. Prior to Becton Dickinson, he served in senior business development positions at Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc. He also served as president at The William-James Co. and has a track record of 20 successful acquisitions and divestitures. He was director of Andor Technologies plc (2013-2014), and has served on the boards of Novocell Inc., Conticare Medical, Vitagen Inc., the California Healthcare Institute, BIO, San Jose State University Research Foundation and Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He currently serves as director of Third Day Advisors LLC (since 2013), as director of Omega Group plc (since 2013), Paramit Corporation LLC (since 2014) and Cellector Corporation (since 2015), and as a member of the Advisory Board of Cayuga Venture Fund (since 2013), as advisory council member of McGovern Family Center for Life Sciences, Cornell University (since 2013) and Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Cornell University (since 2015). Moreover, he is on the Editorial Board of the journal Clinical and Translational Medicine. Mr. Rhodes holds a Master's degree in International Business from Seton Hall University and a BSc degree from Cornell University. He is Chairman of Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Research Interest

  Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics Drug Targeting & Drug Development Pharmaceutical Research Pharmaceutical Materials Pharmaceutical Formulations Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Pharmaceutical Technology Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Engineering Drug Delivery Technologies Medical Devices Drug Regulatory Affairs Pharmaceutical Management