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Mr. Leschly is Chairman & Partner of Care Capital. Before founding Care Capital, Mr. Leschly was Chief Executive of SmithKline Beecham PLC from 1994 to 2000. He joined the company as Chairman of the Worldwide Pharmaceutical business in 1990 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1990. Before joining SmithKline Beecham, Mr. Leschly served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Squibb Corporation. He joined Squibb in 1979 as Vice President of Commercial Development and in 1984 he was elected Group Vice President and a Member of the Board of Directors with responsibility for the Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Products Group. Prior to this he worked for seven years with Novo Nordisk, where he served as Executive Vice President and President of the Pharmaceutical Division. Mr. Leschly is a member of the Boards of Directors of American Express, Viacom and the Maersk Group, and serves on the International Advisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. He is a Member of the Business Council and the Emory University Goizueta Business School Dean's Advisory Council. Born in Denmark, Mr. Leschly received a Master of Science in Pharmacy from the Copenhagen College of Pharmacy and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Administration. Before his business career, Mr. Leschly made his name in professional tennis, achieving the rank of 10th in the world in 1967. He serves as Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. | 