Gerald Chan

Dr. Chan received his BS and MS degrees in Engineering from UCLA, a Master of Science degree in Medical Radiological Physics, and a Doctor of Science degree in Radiation Biology from Harvard University. He completed his post-doctoral training in pathology at the Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 1987, Dr. Gerald Chan co-founded Morningside, a diversified investment group engaged in private equity and venture capital investments in North America, Asia and Europe. Morningside has been an active investor in China since 1992.

Dr. Chan is a director of publicly listed Hang Lung Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based property holding company. He serves on the boards of several biotechnology companies in North America and Europe including Stealth Peptides, Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Matrivax, Vaccine Technologies Inc., and Oxyrane. He is a member of the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the International Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Board of Trustees of Fudan University in Shanghai, the Global Advisory Council of Harvard University, and chairs the Board of Overseers of the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Board Members

As of December 2020, members of the Advisory Board include (a growing list):

  • Gerald Chan

    Chairman and CEO
    Morningside Group

  • Feng Deng

    Founding Managing Director
    Northern Light Venture Capital

  • Joaquin Duato

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Johnson & Johnson

  • Yasuchika Hasegawa

    Corporate Counselor, Former Chairman of the Board,and CEO
    Takeda

  • Anthony C. Hooper

    Executive Vice President
    Global Commercial Operations

  • Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen

    Chair
    Healthcare Denmark

  • Brian K. Kobilka

    Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
    Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Peter Loescher

    Former CEO, Siemens
    Former President, Global Human Health, Merck & Co

  • Ge Li

    Founder, Chairman and CEO
    WuXi AppTec

  • Robert W. Mahley

    Founding President and President Emeritus
    Gladstone Institutes

  • Robert T. Nelsen

    Co-founder and Managing Director
    ARCH Venture Partners

  • Joerg Reinhardt

    Chairman of the Board
    Novartis

  • Peter G. Schultz

    Vice Chair of the Board and CEO
    The Scripps Research Institute

  • Neil Shen

    Global Steward, Sequoia Capital
    Founding and Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital China

  • Stefan Oschmann

    Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck

  • Yigong Shi

    President
    Westlake University

  • Michel Vounatsos

    CEO
    Biogen

  • Michael Goettler

    Viatris
    Chief Executive Officer

  • WANG Xiqin

    Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee & President of Tsinghua University

Gerald Chan

Dr. Chan received his BS and MS degrees in Engineering from UCLA, a Master of Science degree in Medical Radiological Physics, and a Doctor of Science degree in Radiation Biology from Harvard University. He completed his post-doctoral training in pathology at the Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 1987, Dr. Gerald Chan co-founded Morningside, a diversified investment group engaged in private equity and venture capital investments in North America, Asia and Europe. Morningside has been an active investor in China since 1992.

Dr. Chan is a director of publicly listed Hang Lung Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based property holding company. He serves on the boards of several biotechnology companies in North America and Europe including Stealth Peptides, Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Matrivax, Vaccine Technologies Inc., and Oxyrane. He is a member of the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the International Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Board of Trustees of Fudan University in Shanghai, the Global Advisory Council of Harvard University, and chairs the Board of Overseers of the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Board Members

As of December 2025, members of the Industry Advisory Board include (a growing list):

  • Xiaodong Wang

    BeiGene
    Co-founder

  • Bai Lu

    Shanghai Academy of Natural Sciences
    President

  • Qinxian Jin

    Changping Laboratory
    Deputy Director

  • Yu Xia

    Akeso
    Founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

  • Jisong Cui

    InnoCare Pharma
    Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

  • Lu Huang

    Morningside Ventures (China)
    Managing Director

  • Renhong Tang

    Simcere Pharmaceutical Group
    Executive Director

  • Yuntao Zhang

    China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm)
    Chief Scientist

  • Weikang Tao

    Weikang Tao
    Director, Vice President, and General Manager of the Global Innovative R&D System

  • Xingli Wang

    Fosun Pharma
    Co-President

  • Jifeng Duan

    Pengli Biotechnology
    Founder and Chairman