R. Jeremy Stone

Dr. Stone is Chairman of Merchant Ventures Investments Limited ("MVIL"), a UK-based investment group focused on both venture capital and structured finance activities.
Prior to MVIL, Dr. Stone founded a number of venture-stage healthcare companies, including OnMedica Group and Mediary.
Dr. Stone was previously Chief Executive Elect and a member of the Board of Directors of Ventiv (formerly Snyder Healthcare), a senior executive at BUPA (the leading U.K.
private health care insurer) and Head of the Healthcare Practice for Heidrick & Struggles International, as well as a senior strategy consultant at Gemini Consulting, where he assisted in establishing the global health care practice.
Dr. Stone began his career as a physician for the National Health Service in the U.K.
Dr. Stone currently serves as Chairman of the Medical Futures Ltd., the U.K.'s leading source of early stage health care intellectual property, and serves as Visiting Professor of Life Sciences and Enterprise at the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care at the University of Glamorgan, Wales.