Dr Fintan Walton is the Founder and CEO of PharmaVentures . After completing his doctoral research on the genetics of cell proliferation at the University of Michigan(US)and Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), Dr Walton gained broad commercial experience in biotechnology in management positions at Bass and Celltech plc (1982-1992).
Graham Anthony
Chief Financial Officer
Graham Anthony is currently Biovista's Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of its Advisory Board. In this role, Graham will help Biovista build and monetize its IP estate, assess new business opportunities and coordinate Biovista's response to future investment interest. Graham recently led Biovista's first outside round of funding, which was completed in 7 days and 4x oversubscribed. Since 2000, both as an advisor and as a principal, Graham has assisted various firms in completing over 30 fundraisings, acquisitions & divestitures in a diverse range of industries. Recent investments include: TeamScreen, a business services firm using advanced web technologies to reduce costs & Greenlight Energy, a Wind Energy firm recently sold to BP. Past clients include private equity firms: The Jordan Company, Republic Financial Corporation, Royal Palm Capital Partners, Quaker Capital Management & Falcon Mezzanine Investments. Since 2000, Graham has been a speaker on Mergers & Acquisitions and Benchmarking to groups ranging from ISPCON (the Internet Services Provider Conference) to the National Pest Management Association to the American Wind Energy Association, where he was author of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 studies on "Value Creation at Each Stage of the Wind Development Process." In the 1990s, Graham worked on $4 Billion of Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt & Equity offerings at Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank) in their Leveraged Finance Department. Early in his career, Graham founded, ran and sold two businesses: a small manufacturing firm and a regional newspaper. Graham received his MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, where he was awarded a Batten Fellowship. He holds a BA in English from the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences.