21 November 2024 – Life Science and the future of healthcare

Join us at 15:00-16:00 GMT for an online roundtable with J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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What are the trends shaping health and the life sciences over the next decade? What are the best ways to invest in healthcare and how can we track the impact? And how can you validate effective research and innovation in medicine?  

Join Anya Schiess, Managing Partner of J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital, for a discussion on investing in the future of healthcare. 

Who is this event open to?

This event is open to asset owners such as pension fund trustees and in-house executives, independent investment advisers, professional trustees and consultants. 
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Speaker

Anya Schiess, Managing Partner, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Anya joined J.P. Morgan Private Capital in 2022, as managing partner of the Life Science Private Capital (LSPC) platform, which leverages the global scale, robust healthcare service ecosystem and healthcare data intelligence of J.P. Morgan to invest in life sciences and healthcare companies. 

Before working at LSPC, Anya was a founder and General Partner of Healthy Ventures, an early-stage venture capital investor in healthcare and life science technology. Previously, Anya was a venture capitalist at Thomas, McNerney & Partners where she focusedon biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and genomic technology. Anya has co-founded, helped build, or served on the boards of over 30 companies. 

Prior to investing, Anya was a healthcare operator and led strategy and business development for Cardinal Health's medical services, distribution and laboratory businesses as well as several sales and marketing leadership roles at Medtronic. She has launched neurological, cardiovascular, and cardiac rhythm therapies around the world. 

Anya earned a BA cum laude from Princeton University and an MBA with honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Host

David Brown, Senior Director and Training Lead, Pensions for Purpose 

David has worked in the pension and financial services industry for over 35 years and has both UK and international experience. As well as being Senior Director & Training Lead at Pensions for Purpose, David is an accredited professional pension trustee.   
 
David has broad investment, risk management and operational experience across both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes with a particular interest in environment, social and governance (ESG), and climate change. He holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing as well as being a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute. 
 

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