Frank Yu
Director
Board of Director
ImmunGene, Inc
India
Biography
Mr. Yu is Founder and CEO of Ally Bridge Group, a global healthcare-focused investment platform with bases in Hong Kong and the United States, and Co-Founder and CEO of Themes Investment Partners, a China-focused private equity fund. Mr. Yu has led and actively manages Themes’ and Ally Bridge’s investments in medtech companies including Lifetech Scientific (Medtronic’s strategic partner in China), LoneStar Heart, Sonendo, Metronom Health and Broncus Medical;and biopharmaceutical companies including China Animal Health (Eli Lilly-Elanco’s strategic partner in China), Apexigen, Kato Pharmaceutical and ImmunGene. Mr. Yu has expertise in cementing strategic transactions between emerging players and industry leaders, between global companies and leading players in China, and helping global companies access the China market. Previously, Mr. Yu was Managing Director and Head of China Investments at Och-Ziff Capital Management, a leading global hedge fund. Prior to Och-Ziff, Mr. Yu was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Hong Kong, where he played instrumental roles in some of the most important restructuring, initial public offering (IPO) and merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions of leading Chinese companies, and advised leading global institutions on their China and Asia strategies and transactions. Before Goldman Sachs, Mr. Yu worked at Moody’s in New York, and then Credit Suisse in London and Hong Kong.
Research Interest
Biopharmaceutical science, Molecular Biology, Business Management