Chad recently joined as Supervisory Board Member at EIT Health, an EU Innovation and Acceleration organization supporting European Healthcare knowledge and innovation across 9 hubs.

He also recently joined as Senior Advisor to deNovo Corporate Advisors, the leading independent corporate finance advisory firm in the GCC.

Chad recently concluded 7 years as Operating Partner at TVM Capital Healthcare, a healthcare focused growth private equity fund based in Dubai UAE and with investments in the GCC and Egypt. His focus has been on building portfolio value, working closely with the portfolio management teams, now including successful exits of 4 of TVM’s 5 portfolio companies.

Over a career of more than 27 years in investment banking, Chad built and led international teams of up to 80, focused on Healthcare and Cross Border Advisory. He has advised clients in more than 200 M&A, equity, and leveraged finance transactions in Europe, the US and the Middle East, while at HSBC, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Lehman Brothers, First Boston and originally at Morgan Bank.

Chad has successfully transitioned from a long-standing investment banking career to a plural healthcare industrial career, previously serving as International Director at HCA International (London’s leading private hospital group), responsible for evaluating, structuring and negotiating opportunities in the international clinical services space, particularly in the GCC and India.

Chad also served 2006-2017 as board member and senior advisor to Ottobock Group GmbH (a private German company and global leader in prostheses and mobility) and on the Executive Committee of the Board of HealthRight International 2006-2016 (an international not-for-profit organization providing long term healthcare solutions in the emerging markets).

An international American now based in Austria and Dubai, he has lived and built his career outside of the US since 1989. He speaks fluent French and German.

He received his MBA (with Distinction) from The Wharton School, and his BA in International Relations from Pomona College.