Brigitte Smith
Director
Ms. Smith is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of GBS Venture Partners. Ms. Smith co-founded GBS in 1997 with 10 years experience in business strategy and hands-on management of start-up company operations. Before joining GBS she worked with high-tech start-up companies in Australia and the US in fundraising and business development roles. She also spent several years at Bain & Company, a strategic management consulting firm. In addition to KaloBios, Ms. Smith is also on the board of the following GBS portfolio companies: Applied Physiology, Cortical, Dynamic Hearing, Neuromonics, Proacta Inc, and Viveve.
Ms. Smith earned her Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, her Master of Business Administration (Honours) from the Harvard Business School and her Master of International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston, USA where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Ms. Smith is a Fellow of The Australian Institute of Company Directors and an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Business School, where she teaches Entrepreneurial Finance.