Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 18, 2000

Normand Balthazard – Biocapital Investments Lp (bck.un)

NORMAND BALTHAZARD is President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of BioCapital Investments LP. Mr. Balthazard possesses a wealth of experience in biotechnology corporate finance and has enjoyed considerable investment success with both private and publicly held businesses. Mr. Balthazard received a Bachelor's degree in Marketing in 1978 from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal, Canada. A director of numerous private and public firms, he has played a key role in the start-up of 20 different companies and assisted several of them in securing initial listings on stock exchanges. Over the years, he also has formed an extensive international network of financial and business advisors who contribute their talents to the decision-making process and support the companies in BioCapital's portfolio. In 1996, Mr. Balthazard was honored with the Armand-Frappier Foundation award in recognition of his contribution to the biotechnology sector in Quebec and he also now sits on the Board of Directors of the foundation. He is a member of the International Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). Mr. Balthazard is also a Board member of the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Society. Profile
TWST: Please provide us with an overview of BioCapital Investments and a

bit of history describing the firm's origins, development and markets.

Mr. Balthazard: BioCapital is a public venture