Carl Firth
InvestorPartner at Panacea Venture Β· Senior Managing Director, Chief Information and Operations Officer at Invesco
Singapore
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Anthony PhilippakisunlockedCarl: together at University of Cambridge (1998)
Γ3Carl: together at Price Waterhouse
Γ5Carl: together at University of Cambridge
Carl: together at Duke-NUS Medical School
About
Founder and former CEO of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, previously Head of Asia Healthcare at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Regional BD Director APAC at AstraZeneca. Holds a PhD and MA in molecular biology from Cambridge and an MBA from London Business School.
Experience
- Panacea CapitalPartnercurrent2025 β presentSingapore
- Springboard Health AngelsAdvisorcurrent2024 β present
- SingHealthInvestment Committee membercurrent2023 β presentSingapore
- DotBioIndependent Directorcurrent2018 β presentSingapore
- AfA SingaporeMember Board Of Directorscurrent2022 β presentSingapore
- Duke-NUS Medical SchoolAdjunct Associate Professorcurrent2014 β presentSingapore
- JAGUAHR TherapeuticsDirector2019 β 2024Singapore
- ASLAN PharmaceuticalsFounder & CEO2010 β 2024
- A*StarIndependent Director, Accelerate2014 β 2020Singapore
- Hummingbird BioscienceIndependent Director2015 β 2020Singapore
- Uni-Bio Science Group (HK690) θεΊ·ηη©η§ζιε’Independent Director2014 β 2017Hong Kong
- Merrill LynchDirector, Head of Asia Healthcare2008 β 2010
- AstraZenecaRegional Business Development & Strategic Planning Director, AsiaPac2007
- AstraZenecaNew Portfolio Director2004 β 2006
- AstraZenecaBusiness and CI Analyst2003 β 2004
- AstraZenecaBioinformatics, Associate Director1998 β 2003
- Price WaterhouseManagement Consultant1994 β 1995
Skills & more
Strategy11Leadership5Lifesciences15Product Development13R&D4Biotechnology24Healthcare6Licensing6Business Development22Mergers & Acquisitions22Drug Discovery7Business Strategy10
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Colleagues at Panacea Venture
Andrew Aherrera
Partner at Panacea Venture
Andrew Ng
Partner at Panacea Venture
Arthur Chen
Partner at Panacea Venture
Benjamin Chen
Scientific Partner at Panacea Venture
Cheryl Bao
Chief Legal Officer at Panacea Venture
Debra Yu
Chief Operating Officer at Panacea Venture
Delia Ding
Chief Financial Officer at Panacea Venture
Eric Sun
Head of Investor Relations at Panacea Venture
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Carl Firth?
- Founder and former CEO of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, previously Head of Asia Healthcare at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Regional BD Director APAC at AstraZeneca. Holds a PhD and MA in molecular biology from Cambridge and an MBA from London Business School.
- Where does Carl Firth work?
- Carl Firth is Partner at Panacea Venture.
- Where did Carl Firth go to school?
- Carl Firth studied at London Business School (EMBA); London Business School (EMBA, Business); University of Cambridge (PhD, Computational simulation of cell signalling pathways).
Same school
Also attended London Business School901
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Also attended University of Cambridge1,581
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Shared employers
Also worked at ASLAN Pharmaceuticals2
Also worked at Merrill Lynch846
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Also worked at AstraZeneca159
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