James passin biography
Leadership and Governance
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. James Passin is a former hedge fund and private equity fund manager at New York-based Firebird Management LLC. He has 20 years of experience as a professional investor, a deep experience of financing and developing venture-stage companies, and directed and managed significant equity and debt investment into biotech companies, with a particular focus on cancer immunotherapy. James was a co-founder and director of Mindset Pharma Inc., a psychedelic biotechnology company acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical in 2023. Mr. Passin is a graduate of the Listed Company Director program, Singapore Institute of Directors; has a Certificate in Corporate Governance from the Mongolian Corporate Governance Institute; and is a Chartered Market Technician and Member of The CMT Association.
Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Kovan has over 30 years of experience in bioph