Mr. Germain was appointed as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors on May 17 2007. Mr. Germain is the Managing Director of The Olmsted Group LLC a merchant bank serving primarily the biotech and life sciences industries. He has been involved as a founder director Chairman of the Board of and/or investor in over twenty companies in the biotech field and assisted many of them in arranging corporate partnerships acquiring technology mergers and acquisitions and financings. He graduated New York University School of Law in 1975 Order of the Coif and practiced corporate and securities law before leaving for the private sector in 1986. Since then and until he entered the biotech field in 1991 he served in senior executive capacities including as president of a public company sold in 1991. Among the public biotech companies Mr. Germain is a director of Wellford Real Properties Inc. and chairman of its audit committee and a director of Stem Cell Innovations Inc.. On May 17 2007 |