Aditya Puri

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Mr. Aditya Puri serves as a Partner, Investments at Xeraya Capital. He served as Board Member at OptiScan. He joined the company in October 2012. Previously, he was a Director in Khazanah Nasional's Life Sciences unit, which was responsible for Khazanah's Life Sciences investments. He has almost 20 years of experience and leadership in new ventures, corporate investing, and international expansion in the life science and technology industries. Prior to Khazanah, he was in the greater Boston area working with Healthcare and Cleantech startups affiliated with Harvard and MIT. He evaluated new technologies and partnered with inventors at high-potential startups, and consulted on growth, customer acquisition, and commercialization strategies. He was also part of the leadership team at Yankee Group, a global technology research, and consulting company, where he launched and had full P&L responsibility for a multimillion-dollar global licensing and subscription business. He joined them as a consultant covering the Asia Pacific and advised clients on market entry, due diligence, and investment-related decisions. At Boston Scientific, a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer, he was part of a five-member team reporting to the CFO chartered with the company's inorganic growth and corporate development activity. In this role, he identified and closed new investment opportunities, and was instrumental in deals that have, in addition to high returns, resulted in significant long-term value for the company. He began his career at KPMG. He has a B.S. from the University of Southern Maine, graduating Summa Cum Laude, and received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has also passed all parts of the U.S. Uniform CPA Examination.