Patrick G. Morand is Managing Director of the SWMF Life Science Fund, headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 



Prior to joining the Fund, Mr. Morand was Executive in Residence of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, a Public/Private investor in regional life sciences companies. In his role, he provided executive support to founders, investors and executives of promising regional life sciences start-up and development stage companies. At PLSG, Mr. Morand grew his personal portfolio from 14 to 65 companies (diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, services), representing $100M of investment and 121 employees. Prior to PLSG, Mr. Morand was a three-time CEO in the biologics industry, Vice President of Commercial Operations for Genesis Therapeutics (an Aventis Behring spinout company) and Executive Vice President of Sequitor Medical Technologies, a startup company founded and funded by former Elan Pharmaceutical executives.  Mr. Morand is a graduate of The Athenaeum of Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy.