Herv� de Kergrohen, M.D., has been a partner with the European venture capital firm CDC Ixis Innovation in Paris since August 2002, and an advisor to several financial institutions, including Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, in Geneva, and Global Biomedical Partners, in Zurich. Since 2001, Dr. de Kergrohen has been Chairman of BioData, an international healthcare conference in Geneva. He has served as a Director and member of the audit committee of Hythiam, Inc. (Nasdaq: HYTM) since September 2003. In addition, he sits on several boards of U.S. and European private health care companies, including the Swiss company Kuros BioSurgery and Bioring SA (since 2003), and the French company Exonhit and Entomed (since 2002). From 1999 to 2001, Dr. de Kergrohen was Head Analyst for Darier Hentsch, Geneva and Manager of its CHF 700 million health care fund. From 1997 to 1998, he was the Head Strategist for the international health care sector with UBS Brinson of Chicago, and a Manager of CHF 700 billion for UBS AG, Zurich. Dr. De Kergrohen received his medical degree from Universit� Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France and holds an MBA from Insead, Fontainebleau, France. |