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Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board brings immense scientific, academic and business expertise to the Finistere Team. Finistere Partners relies on our Advisory Board for input to due diligence, creation of partnerships and the on-going evolution of our unique international business model.

Dr. Charles Arntzen

  • Director, Arizona Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • Co-Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute and Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Chair, Arizona State University
  • Arizona State University School of Life Sciences


Dr. Roger Beachy

  • President & Director of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
  • . Specializes in virus resistant plants; cell biology; genetically modified food crops; plant biotechnology.
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences


Dr. Maurice Buchbinder

  • Co-director cardiac cath lab and Director of Interventional Cardiology - Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
  • Founder of several successful start-ups in medical devices, specifically in interventional cardiology
  • Research program focus on new cardiovascular devices
  • Member San Diego Cardiovascular Associates


William Goodwin

  • President and founder of Goodwin International Consulting Services
  • Co-author of The Executive Agenda, Executive Relationship Building, and Sustaining the Executive Relationship development programs


Dr. Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes

  • Professor of Agribusiness, Director of Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology, University of Missouri – Columbia


Dr. Animesh Ray

  • Professor, Keck Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Clairmont, CA
  • Work has been featured widely in the New York Times, BBC, Discover Magazine


Dr. Mary Walshok

  • Associate Vice Chancellor, Extended Studies, University of California, San Diego
  • Director of UCSD GLOBAL CONNECT, currently operating in Edinburgh, Stockholm, Perth and Canberra in Austrailia, and Christchurch and Auckland in New Zealand


Dr. Roger E. Wyse

  • Managing Director of Burrill & Company
  • Internationally recognised plant scientist and business consultant
  • Former Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin