George Alex

George Alex is a Senior Executive with more than 35 years leading Biomedical, Technology, and Telecom Companies. Investor in start-up medical and biotech companies in New England. Formerly he is a Senior Vice President of Corporate Development – AZTherapies. Mr. Alex's initial introduction to the Company was as an investor. He subsequently joined senior management providing operational experience and assisted the Company in the Series C funding. He is also an advisor to Massachusetts General Brigham Foot and Ankle Research and Innovation Lab. Collaborated with MGH senior management and the Orthopedics department to help establish the state-of-the-art lab committed to creating novel approaches to foot and ankle education, technology, and innovation. In the last 2 years, the Lab has produced 34 published articles, 44 presentations, and 8 patents. He was also an investment banker, serving as a Managing Director, Corporate Finance at Prudential Securities. During his 12-year career raised over $20 billion of debt and equity for global clients and completed over $6 billion in M&A transactions. Mr. Alex was an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NextWave Inc., a public company with over 1000 employees and offices and laboratories in 3 countries. Completed financings of $1.5 billion, acquired $500 million of assets in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Oversaw the sale of $11 billion of assets resulting in a $2.4 billion profit to shareholders on a $600 Million investment. Mr. Alex received his A.B. cum laude from Harvard University and MBA from Amos Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College.