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Petri Vainio Non-executive Director Dr Petri Vainio is a Managing Director of Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, one of the world’s largest and best established health care venture capital firms with nearly $2 billion of capital under management. Essex Woodlands invests world-wide in leading private companies in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology and health care services. The Managing Directors of Essex Woodlands work closely with their portfolio companies as lead investors to build significant shareholder value over a period of several years. The firm has offices in Palo Alto, Houston, New York and London. Previously, Dr Vainio served over 10 years as General Partner and leader of the health care investment practice at Sierra Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm with over $1 billion of capital under management. During his career, Dr Vainio has served as a founding investor and board member of over twenty health care companies, most of which have become NASDAQ-listed or have been acquired by publicly-listed corporations. Dr. Vainio has helped these companies raise over $1 billion in venture capital financing and reach an aggregate market value of over $5 billion. Dr Vainio has an MD degree and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Helsinki, and an MBA degree from Stanford University | 