Gerhard Ries

Biography

Gerhard Ries is Managing Partner of LifeCare Partners, a dedicated venture capital and private equity firm in the European healthcare sector. Gerhard has more than 20 years of global pharmaceutical industry and venture capital experience as both entrepreneur and investor. He has a strong scientific and operational background and held various corporate positions at McKinsey, Novartis, Ciba Geigy and Boehringer Mannheim. Before founding LifeCare Partners, Gerhard was co-founder and managing partner of BioMedPartners where he supervised more than 50 investments and served on the board of more than 20 companies. Gerhard’s current board memberships include DiaMedCare, Devis Pharma, Leon Nanodrugs, Leukocare and AOInvest. Dr. Ries holds a MS and a PhD degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a MS degree in Biotechnology from the Fachhochschule Weihenstephan, Munich, Germany. Mr. Ries is Swiss and German citizen.

Research Interest

Molecular Biology