Joseph Klein, III was elected to BioMarin's board of directors in June 2005. Mr. Klein is currently Managing Director of Gauss Capital Advisors, LLC, a financial consulting and investment advisory firm focused on biopharmaceuticals, which he founded in March 1998. In addition to his investment advisory and financial consulting activities, Mr. Klein currently serves as a Venture Partner of Red Abbey Venture Partners, LP, a life sciences private equity fund. From September 2001 to September 2002, Mr. Klein was a Venture Partner of MPM Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm. From June 1999 to September 2000 when it merged with WebMD Corporation, Mr. Klein served as Vice President, Strategy for Medical Manager Corporation, a leading developer of physician office management information systems. Mr. Klein serves on the board of directors of three publicly held biotechnology companies: Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; as well as two private health care companies: Keel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the Maryland Medical Research Institute. Mr. Klein received a B.A. summa cum laude in economics from Yale University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |