Eduardo Emrich Soares
CEO and President of Fundação Biominas since 2003, Eduardo is a board member of several biotechnology companies and is also CEO of Alvos Biotecnologia, a company created by Biominas and FIR Capital, a leading Brazilian venture capital fund, to develop new biotech products.
As a member of Alvos, he had strong participation in the in-licensing of a technology from FIOCRUZ, an important public research institute in Brazil, and in a successful out-licensing transaction to a major Brazilian Animal Health company.
Eduardo has an active role in several initiatives to strengthen the Brazilian biotechnology sector, such as the Biotech Competitiveness Forum of the Ministry of Development (MDIC) and the Brazilian Association of Biotechnology Companies (ABRABI).
Eduardo holds a bachelor´s degree in Biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and did graduate studies in finance at the Dom Cabral Foundation, (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and in business administration at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (São Paulo, Brazil).
