Brigitte Smith

Smith co-founded GBS Ventures Partners in 1998 and serves as managing director of the firm. Brigitte has been investing and managing investments for GBS’s $450m of life science specialised venture capital funds since 1998. With 20 years’ experience in venture capital, business strategy and start-up company operations, she also serves on the board of GBS portfolio companies AirXpanders Inc., Endoluminal Sciences Pty Ltd., Proacta Inc., and Vivive Inc., and was the founding investor and chair of Pharmaxis Pty Ltd. She has held operating roles with early-stage technology based companies in the United States and Australia, and was at a strategic management consultant with Bain & Company.