Tom Richards Email & Phone Number

Executive BiographyDr. Richards has more than 25 years of professional experience in the industries of healthcare and finance. He consults to life sciences investors in venture capital and private equity, as well as to portfolio firms themselves. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of WittKieffer, a leading talent consulting firm in Healthcare, Education and Life Sciences. Additionally he is a Senior Advisor to several life sciences companies, including: One BioMed, a Singapore-based molecular diagnostics company with a unique, nucleic acid extraction technology; Nanomix, an immunology-based, point-of-care diagnostics company focused on sepsis and infectious disease for the critical care market; and Metis Genetics, a B-to-B, health IT genetic counseling platform. He previously served as the Interim CEO of One BioMed, and prior to that, he led an emerging molecular diagnostics company as the CEO of TessArae, which designed genetic tests for the reproductive health and infectious disease markets. Dr. Richards became a life sciences executive after practicing as an academic physician on the clinical faculty of Stanford University and UCSF, where he was most recently an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Before attending medical school, Dr. Richards began his career as an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions groups of several firms in New York, including Lazard Frѐres, UBS and SG Cowen. He has broad transactional experience in finance, having executed buy and sell-side M&A assignments, public and private capital raises and leveraged buyouts.Dr. Richards has more than two decades of experience in board leadership, having served as a director of both public and private companies, including: Cowen Group (an investment bank/hedge fund); TessArae and One BioMed (life sciences firms); and WittKieffer.He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, his BA in English from Yale University, and an MPhil in English from the University of Sydney as a Rotary Fellow. He is Board-Certified in Emergency Medicine.

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