ZephyrBiotech Welcomes New Partner Victoria Sergeant

LAFAYETTE, CA--(Marketwire - October 19, 2009) - ZephyrBiotech LLC (www.zephyrbiotech.com) is pleased to announce the addition of Victoria Sergeant as Partner alongside the two Founding Partners, Elise Brownell and Martin Preuveneers.

Victoria has an extensive and successful international track record of executive recruitment in the life science sector for more than 20 years. Victoria’s expertise will provide additional depth to the company and allow ZephyrBiotech to expand its programs providing interim management to life science companies.

Victoria began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area as an executive search consultant providing a service for pharmaceutical, life science and technology companies such as Chiron, Amgen, Genentech and Hewlett Packard. In 1986 she founded an executive search consultancy recruiting for leading pharmaceutical companies around the world. Victoria worked with companies such as Eli Lilly, Schering Plough and Ciba Geigy to build world class teams. Moving to Europe in 1991 and based in London, she expanded the company’s international offering. Now back in the Bay Area and as partner of ZephyrBiotech Victoria will bring focus, experience, as well as further contacts to realize the ambitious goals of the company. “We are fortunate to have Victoria become part of our team, as she personifies our most important values: integrity, client focus, and commitment to developing the people and teams that drive life science innovation,” stated Dr. Brownell.

About ZephyrBiotech LLC:

ZephyrBiotech LLC was formed by two highly experienced healthcare executives with international track records in the biopharmaceutical industry. Based in the Bay Area of San Francisco, the center of biopharmaceutical investment, ZephyrBiotech has been providing solutions to meet the strategic and operational needs of life science companies. Recently, ZephyrBiotech has expanded to bring on an additional Partner with complementary expertise and experience in international recruitment to serve our global clients. The continued focus of ZephyrBiotech’s activities is to provide Interim Executives to assist companies in achieving critical product development milestones and build sustainable business value.