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):
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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
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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):
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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


