Chidozie Ugwumba serves as Managing Partner of SymBiosis, a venture capital firm focused on investments in biotherapeutics. At SymBiosis, Mr. Ugwumba leads sourcing, due diligence, and execution of investments, and serves as an advisor to SymBiosis’ portfolio companies. He has led numerous investments in therapeutics companies in the US and Europe, across disease areas including CNS, cardiac, dermatology, GI, infectious disease, and oncology, and across modalities such as precision medicine, and cell, gene, and regenerative therapy. Prior to SymBiosis, Mr. Ugwumba led the Direct and Impact Investment Group of WIT, LLC—an investment management entity affiliated with Walton Enterprises—and worked on the Private Credit and Infrastructure teams at Partners Group, a global private investment manager. Mr. Ugwumba earned an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and a BA in Political Science from Amherst College.

Stephen Zachary is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Sands Capital and serves on the Boards of various therapeutics, diagnostics, and life sciences tools companies. Stephen received his PhD in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and received a BA in Philosophy from Washington & Lee University. He is a member of the Kauffman Fellowship (Class 23).

Mr. Ahmed Khizer Khan is the CEO of Daman Investments, a pioneer firm in the UAE's financial services industry. Mr. Khan is a globally recognized business leader, banker and change agent with over three decades of global leadership experience. After an Honors degree in Economics from Bucknell, and an MBA from Rutgers, he spent his formative years in USA, Central Europe, UAE, and Pakistan with PWC and Citibank; before joining Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank as its Chief Executive, Emerging Markets, responsible for 15 countries including high-growth markets like India, UAE, Africa, Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Mr. Khan served on the Barclays Board for several countries, working with the Global Chairman on formulating strategies for the emerging markets. After an impactful stint at the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, Jeddah, as its COO & Director Coverage, Partnerships and Syndication, across 35 countries; he became the President & Chief Executive Officer of Burj Bank Limited in Pakistan, where he turned around a small loss-making entity into the fastest growing Islamic Bank in Pakistan.

Mr. Khan, with nearly three decades of international banking industry experience, took over the reins at Daman Investments in 2016, with a mandate to re-engineer the business. Under his leadership, the company has increased footprint in new areas and won mandates for large M&A and investment banking projects. In a short span of time, he has been instrumental in achieving over 100% growth in profitability. He has led Daman Investments in conducting one of the largest leveraged buyouts within the family-owned entities in UAE. Established in 1998, Daman Investments has been actively offering investment opportunities to the institutional, high net-worth, and retail customers in UAE and beyond.

Mr. Khan is leading and managing the Gargash Group Family Office while also serving as a Board Member for Gargash Group since 2016. The Gargash Group is amongst the largest business conglomerates in UAE with more than 28 businesses across diversified industries including Automotive, Real Estate, Financial Services, F&B and several others. Currently Mr. Khan is also serving on the Board of Deem Finance LLC; a leading consumer finance business in the UAE.

Simon Faure is the Managing Director of IH International Advisors, a global private equity investment advisory business. Prior to joining IHIA in 2021, Simon spent 16 years at M&G Investment’s private equity team. Simon has over 20 years’ experience investing in private equity and over 25 years' investment experience in total. Simon has a History degree from University of Southampton..