Karen LaRochelle
Venture Partner and Board Director
Karen LaRochelle
Venture Partner and Board Director
Princeton, New Jersey
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2020 - Current
Audit and Compensation Committee member
Consulting Chief Business Officer to multiple biotechs
2013
Fractional consulting CBO focused on strategy, Business Development and financing.
Operational Partner
2020 - 2023
SVP, Corporate and Business Development
2020 - 2021
Chief Business Officer
2016 - 2019
Biotech Business Development
2013 - 2016
Collaboration consultant for biotechnology companies in the US and China. Business Development services to clients interested in out-licensing, strategic collaborations, M&A and in-licensing. Services include partnering strategy, search and evaluation, term sheet development and agreement negotiation. Transactions executed for Exelixis, Ovid Therapeutics, Chase Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka and Yabao Pharmaceuticals
Global Business Development & Head of China Business Development
1993 - 2013
Executive Director, Business Development 2006-2013 Head of China Business Development 2010-2013 Director, Business Development 2000-2006 Associate Director, International Finance 1999-2000 Manager, Business Analysis 1995-1999 Financial Associate (MBA rotational program) 1993-1995
Consultant
1988 - 1991