Christopher de Souza
Director, Broadview Ventures
- Role
- Director at Broadview Ventures Inc
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher de Souza
Versatile business development and strategic alliance executive with over 17 years in the biopharmaceutical industries with buy and sell side experience at the global and regional levels. Expertise supported by strong science, pharmaceutical R&D, strategic planning and management across multiple therapeutic areas including metabolic, cardiovascular, transplantation, respiratory and infectious diseases and multiple technology platforms. Proven ability to translate research discoveries into business proposals and negotiation of strategically sound licensing and M&A ventures. Business development capabilities are supported by solid and hands on analytical, financial and market assessment skills coupled with being a well recognized presenter and relationship-builder. Passionate about working within a team setting to leverage my business development and alliance management expertise to add value to the organization and to the lives of others.Specialties: Strategic planningSearch and evaluation – scientific and commercialNegotiationsAlliance managementEmerging marketsAcademic and commercial partnershipsNew product evaluation
Experience
Director
Jun 2012 — Present
Broadview Ventures is a philanthropic, for-profit venture fund supported by the Leducq Family Trust with a mission to accelerate the development of promising technology in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease through targeted investments in and support of early stage ventures
Education
Rutgers University–Newark
MBA, Management
2001 — 2003
University of Mumbai
BSc and MSc, Zoology and Biochemistry
1978 — 1983
Louisiana State University
MS and PhD, Endocrine Physiology
1983 — 1991
Skills
- Emerging Markets
- Mergers
- Start-Ups
- Biotechnology
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Business Development
- Due Diligence
- Program Management
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Infectious Diseases
- Strategy
- Diabetes
- Medical Devices
- Clinical Research
- Strategic Planning
- Negotiation
- Strategic Alliances
- Licensing
- Commercialization
- Lifesciences
- Venture Capital
- Product Development
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