Mr. Mark J. Simon

Biography

Mr. Mark J. Simon serves as Additional Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Mark Simon is the co-founder of Torreya Partners where he leads the firms Biotech Advisory team and was recently involved in Compugen's $500mm+ oncology immunotherapy partnership with Bayer (2013). Mark continues to be highly active in advising a number of scientifically-oriented biotechnology Companies, typically making recommendations that involve a long-term, scientifically oriented perspective. Mark has over 30 years of experience advising life sciences companies and has worked on over 175 financing, licensing, and M&A transactions with a value in excess of $50 billion. Before co-founding Torreya, Mark was a Managing Director and the Head of Life Sciences Investment Banking at Citigroup where he was involved with a team of 100 professionals. In his role, Mark was also involved in expanding Citigroup's global life sciences coverage in Europe and Japan. Before joining Citigroup, Mark spent a decade of his career at Robertson Stephens, where he mainly covered biotech sector and raised 45% of all biotech dollars and managed or co-managed 20% of all transactions from 1999 to 2001, making the Life Sciences franchise the No.1 revenue producer among the 7 industry groups at the firm. Before moving into Investment Banking, Mark was a senior research analyst covering biotech industry at the firm where he was a Wall Street All-Star Analyst three years in a row.  Mr. Mark J. Simon serves as Additional Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Mark Simon is the co-founder of Torreya Partners where he leads the firms Biotech Advisory team and was recently involved in Compugen's $500mm+ oncology immunotherapy partnership with Bayer (2013). Mark continues to be highly active in advising a number of scientifically-oriented biotechnology Companies, typically making recommendations that involve a long-term, scientifically oriented perspective. Mark has over 30 years of experience advising life sciences companies and has worked on over 175 financing, licensing, and M&A transactions with a value in excess of $50 billion. Before co-founding Torreya, Mark was a Managing Director and the Head of Life Sciences Investment Banking at Citigroup where he was involved with a team of 100 professionals. In his role, Mark was also involved in expanding Citigroup's global life sciences coverage in Europe and Japan. Before joining Citigroup, Mark spent a decade of his career at Robertson Stephens, where he mainly covered biotech sector and raised 45% of all biotech dollars and managed or co-managed 20% of all transactions from 1999 to 2001, making the Life Sciences franchise the No.1 revenue producer among the 7 industry groups at the firm. Before moving into Investment Banking, Mark was a senior research analyst covering biotech industry at the firm where he was a Wall Street All-Star Analyst three years in a row. 

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Research Pharmaceutical Materials Pharmaceutical Formulations Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Pharmaceutical Technology