Jay Venkatesan

Biography

    Dr. Venkatesan has served on our board since March 2014. Dr. Venkatesan was the Founder, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of Ayer Capital Management, a global healthcare long-short equity fund. Prior to Ayer Capital, he was a Director at Brookside Capital Partners, the hedge fund group affiliated with Bain Capital, where he participated in overseeing the portfolio's healthcare investments and was involved in evaluating public and private investments in all healthcare subsectors. Dr. Venkatesan founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Varro Technologies, a knowledge management software company focused on the life sciences and was involved in healthcare venture investing at Patricof & Co., Ventures and consulting at McKinsey & Company. Dr. Venkatesan has served on the boards of Targanta Therapeutics, and REVA Medical. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College where he was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  

Research Interest

  Clinical Diagnosis and Research