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I'm Venture Partner at 6 Dimensions Capital and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor to WuXi NextCODE, a Contract Genomics Organization (CGO) using sequence data to improve health for people around the world. 6 Dimensions Capital is a world leading cross-boarder venture investment firm with more than $1.5 billion dedicated to healthcare across China and the U.S. During my time as CEO of WuXiNextCODE, I have overseen the integration of WuXi NextCODE's operations in the U.S., China, and Iceland and led the growth of its business on four continents. WuXi NextCODE's technology underpins many of the largest and most ambitious diagnostics, population genomics, precision medicine, and wellness endeavors worldwide.As an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor, I have led deals in excess of $2 Billion in the pharmaceutical industry and other fields. From 1997-2004 I served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Business and Finance at deCODE. During that time, the company achieved worldwide recognition as the global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and launched the first U.S.-listed IPO by an Icelandic company. As a longtime advisor to deCODE genetics and its venture investors Polaris Venture Partners and ARCH Venture Partners, I contributed to the strategy that culminated in the $415 million sale of deCODE genetics to Amgen in 2012. In the mid-2000s, I served as the Chairman and CEO of Icelandair and its parent company. Prior to joining deCODE, I was a consultant at McKinsey & Company serving Fortune 100 clients in the finance, healthcare, and hospitality sectors.

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