Dennis J. Purcell

Biography

 Mr. Purcell has served as the senior managing director of Aisling Capital since February 2000 and is responsible for the management of the Partnership, which holds approximately $1.7 billion of assets under management and has invested in over seventy-five companies across three funds since its inception. Prior to joining Aisling Capital, Mr. Purcell served as managing director of the Life Sciences Investment Banking Group at Chase H&Q (formerly Hambrecht & Quist, "H&Q") and was a member of the Operating Committee. While at Hambrecht & Quist, he was directly involved with more than two hundred completed transactions and supervised over $10 billion of financing and advisory assignments in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical products industries. During his tenure, BioWorld and other industry publications cited H&Q as the leading underwriter of life sciences securities. Prior to joining H&Q, Mr. Purcell was a managing director in the Healthcare Group at PaineWebber, Inc. Mr. Purcell currently serves on the Board of Directors of numerous public and private companies. He is also a member of the Board of the Life Sciences Foundation, L.E.K. consulting and a special advisor to Poliwogg Holdings, Inc. He has previously served on the Boards of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the New York Biotechnology Association, the Irvington Institute, and was a member of the Advisory Council of Harvard Medical School. In addition to being a regular speaker and commentator on the industry, Mr. Purcell has also authored articles in Nature Biotechnology, Xconomy, and the Journal of Biolaw and Business. Mr. Purcell has participated as a judge for the New York City Bioaccelerate Program. He has also been a guest lecturer at various universities. Mr. Purcell has been honored in the "Biotech Hall of Fame" by Genetic Engineering News, named to the Biotechnology All-Stars list by Forbes ASAP, honored as one of the top 50 Irish-American businessmen and cited as one of the top 100 contributors to the biotechnology industry. Mr. Purcell received his MBA from Harvard University and his BS in accounting from the University of Delaware.

Research Interest

 Business Management, Life science