Bill Burkoth
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Bill Burkoth is the executive director of WWBD and senior partner at Pfizer Ventures. Since joining Pfizer in early 2004, he has played an instrumental role in making and managing numerous venture capital investments in companies in the healthcare sector. He is also a member of the investment committee of the Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA) and FinHealth Gestão de Recursos S.A. (Rio, Brazil). Prior to joining Pfizer, Bill worked in business development at Galileo Pharmaceuticals and at IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his roles in business development, Bill was an analyst at Bay City Capital. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in chemistry from Whitman College.