Matthew Craig Kapusta

Biography

  Mr. Matthew Craig Kapusta, also known as Matt, has been the Chief Executive Officer of uniQure N.V. since December 19, 2016 and serves as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kapusta served as a Chief Financial Officer of uniQure N.V. since January 01, 2015. Mr. Kapusta served as an Interim Chief Executive Officer of uniQure N.V. from September 22, 2016 to December 19, 2016. He served as Member of Management Board at uniQure N.V. since June 10, 2015 until June 15, 2016. Mr. Kapusta served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development at AngioDynamics Inc., since November 15, 2011. He served as Vice President at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. He was employed at FleetBoston Robertson Stephens, Inc. Mr. Kapusta has nearly 20 years of life science industry experience from investment banking and finance, as well as corporate development positions. He served as Vice President of Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions at Wells Fargo Securities. Mr. Kapusta helped establish the New York Wells Fargo Securities office and helped create its investment banking training program. He has held several positions in the investment banking and equity space, including his role as Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking at Collins Stewart and leadership positions at Wells Fargo Securities and Robertson Stephens. He has advised on more than 50 transactions valued at over $6 billion. He served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Financial Analysis for Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, he formed the Business Intelligence and Analytics team responsible for developing data-driven insights and understanding of business performance, such as surgeon attrition, sales force productivity and asset efficiency. He served as Vice President of Finance for Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics. Mr. Kapusta also spearheaded strategic and financial planning for Smith & Nephew's global Hips, Knees and Trauma franchises, identifying significant cost efficiencies that were reinvested to fund key strategic initiatives. Mr. Kapusta was a Senior Associate at Robertson Stephens, Inc., and an associate at Painewebber, Inc. Mr. Kapusta was one of two bankers to receive Wells Fargo's 2005 Golden Spoke Award for exceptional performance and contribution. He has been a Director at uniQure N.V. since June 15, 2016. He holds a BBA in finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan and an MBA in finance and business management from New York University. He earned his Certified Public Accountant license in 1996.  

Research Interest

 business