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Robert F. Carey

Director

Mr. Carey joined Beyond Air’s Board of Directors in February 2019. He has an extensive track record of accomplishment within the biopharmaceutical and healthcare investment banking industry. He has assisted biotech and specialty pharma companies raise more than $10 billion in initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, debt offerings, and private placements. He has served as a financial advisor on mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliance transactions with a total deal value of more than $10 billion. In 2020, Mr. Carey cofounded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ACELYRIN, INC., a biopharmaceutical company that will invest in, develop, and commercialize life-changing drug therapies. Mr. Carey previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Horizon Therapeutics plc from March 2014 to September 2019, during which Horizon Therapeutics deployed in excess of $3.5 billion to acquire or license 8 commercial products and 3 products in development and grew net sales from $74 million in 2013 to approximately $1.2 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of 75%. Before Horizon, he spent more than 11 years as Managing Director and Head of the Life Sciences Investment Banking Group at JMP Securities. Mr. Carey was also Managing Director in the healthcare groups at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Vector Securities. He received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Carey currently serves on the Board of Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., FS Development Corp., and Hawthorne Race Course, Inc.