Director
Mr. Folinsbee, CFA, has over 25 years of experience as a financial and securities professional.
Mr. Folinsbee has been the business development consultant of Shanghai Alebund Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a China-based pharmaceutical company, since 2019, where he is responsible for pharmaceutical inlicensing and outlicensing transactions. Prior to joining Alebund, Mr. Folinsbee was director of corporate development of the strategic investment division of 3SBio Inc., a biotechnology company, from 2009 to 2019, focusing on sourcing business development opportunities in Canada, Australia, and Japan, and he was a member of the management group that delisted 3SBio from Nasdaq in May 2013 and relisted it on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2016. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Folinsbee also served as independent director of Bison Capital Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company that acquired Xynomic Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. in 2019. Mr. Folinsbee continued to serve as independent director and was a member of the audit and compensation committees after the acquisition. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Folinsbee also worked for Hisanaga Seisakusho Co. Ltd., a Japanese manufacturing company. Before joining 3SBio Inc., Mr. Folinsbee also worked at Macquarie Equities, BNP Paribas and Optivest Systems Ltd.
Mr. Folinsbee graduated in 1990 from McGill University with a bachelor of commerce degree concentrating in finance and international business.
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