Todos Medical Expands Management Team and Advisory
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JULY 20, 2020 7:51AM EDT
REHOVOT, Israel and NEW YORK, NY, July 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Todos Medical Ltd. (OTCQB: TOMDF), an in vitro diagnostics company focused on distributing comprehensive solutions for COVID-19 screening and diagnosis, and developing blood tests for the early detection of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, today announced the appointments of Ms. Priyanka Misra as Vice President of Corporate Development and Dr. Elise Brownell as Vice President of Research & Development. Concurrent with this announcement, the Company made key additions to its Strategic Advisory Board, with Mr. Mark Zegal joining to advise on identifying new technologies, Mr. Gurpreet Oberoi to advise on Strategic Alliances and Mr. Greg Meiselbach to advise on US Government Relations.
“We are pleased to make these key additions to the Todos team, as we enter a phase of accelerated growth as we drive expansion of the US CLIA laboratory COVID testing capacity with highly accurate tests,” said Mr. Gerald Commissiong, President & CEO of Todos Medical. “The turnkey solutions we are bringing to market will assist the labs that are transitioning into COVID PCR and antibody testing during the third and fourth quarters of 2020. Many labs are struggling with stable access to equipment, reagents, materials and supplies as they struggle to add local capacity to their communities. We have ready solutions for them to start transitioning immediately and have successfully begun offering them to the lab market.”
Ms. Priyanka Misra serves as the VP of Corporate Development at Todos Medical. Her main responsibilities include designing and implementing best practices for immediate sales progression, facilitating strategic partnerships, investor relations and marketing. Priyanka has a financial background with expertise in asset management. She previously served as a senior investment analyst at family office, Geller Advisors LLC, with a focus on both long-only traditional investments and private markets. Her responsibilities included sourcing new investment opportunities, providing investment manager due diligence, asset allocation research and portfolio construction. Prior to Geller, she worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection group, where she focused on selecting best-in-class, long-only equity managers with an expertise in the international and global space, on behalf of institutional and private high net worth clients. Prior roles included serving as a domestic small-cap analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and MTB Investment Advisors, respectively. Priyanka received a BA in Mathematical Economics from Brown University.
Dr. Elise Brownell Serves as the VP of Research & Development at Todos Medical. Her main responsibilities center around advancing the Company’s portfolio through regulatory approval. She has spent the last 35 years in the bio/pharmaceutical arena where she has played key roles in discovery, development and opportunity assessment to drive innovation. After completing her doctorate at Yale University, Elise’s career started at SUNY Stony Brook. She continued her interest in comparative molecular biology during her tenure at Frederick Cancer Research Facility and expanded her facility with molecular genetics while in various functions at Bayer Healthcare. Her efforts were widely recognized by promotion to Director, Project Management, where she led global cross-functional teams. Elise also became a member of the founding team of a venture-backed spin out (Aerovance, Inc), where she became head of project management. Dr. Brownell serves in Interim Executive capacities for a number of emergent and highly innovative companies in the Life Science sector and is the EVP of Operations and Project Management at Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. Elise received her MS, MPhil and PhD from Yale University, and her BS from Allegheny College.
Mr. Mark Zegal has been appointed to the Company’s Advisory Board to assist with identifying new technologies. Formerly a member of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, Mr. Zegal has over 20 years of experience in the biotech sector. Mark is a Co-Founder of Brainstorm - Cell Therapeutics, Inc and Brain Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc.
Mr. Gurpreet Oberoi has been appointed to the Company’s Advisory Board to assist with Strategic Transactions. Mr. Oberoi is currently Managing Partner at Singh Global LLC in New York. Gurpreet focuses on high growth businesses with a global vision as an investor and operator. Gurpreet has raised both debt and equity for VC backed companies and has also done large blocks of private placements for unicorn technology companies. Gurpreet previously held strategic roles with Bank of Montreal, UBS, Macquarie, Credit Suisse and Citigroup on bank-wide digital transformation mandates where he managed large teams and budgets. He has worked on highly visible projects throughout Africa and the Middle East as an operator and financier focused on technology, energy and healthcare. He started his career at Rice Financial Products where he helped the firm win over $5bln of Senior Managed deals and oversaw the firm’s derivatives portfolio. He has received a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and has also attended the London School of Economics.
Mr. Greg Meiselbach has been appointed to the Company’s Advisory Board to assist with Government Relations. Mr. Meiselbach has a track record of building successful international outreach and business development programs for Western companies in emerging markets. Prior to starting The Shelburne Group, Mr. Meiselbach was Director for International Affairs at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) for five years. In his role, he managed BIO’s international government affairs portfolio for Asia Pacific and worked with BIO’s members to craft international engagement strategies to promote member companies’ business interests abroad. Prior to this, while based out of Singapore, Mr. Meiselbach built and managed the Asia Pacific portfolio of Frontier Strategy Group’s Expert Advisory Network, a broad network of in-market experts, professionals, and former officials who supported Frontier Strategy Group’s clients’ expansion into emerging markets. Mr. Meiselbach also worked for United Parcel Service (UPS) early in his career on its corporate public affairs team in Washington, DC, where he supported a portfolio of legislative and regulatory issues focused on international trade, customs, and transportation. Mr. Meiselbach has traveled abroad extensively and as a child grew up in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University in Medford, MA and speaks conversational Mandarin.
For information related to Todos Medical’s COVID-19 testing capabilities, please visit www.todoscovid19.com
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