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Brian S. Posner joined BG Medicine’s board of directors in January of 2012 Mr. Posner, the founder and President of Point Rider Group LLC, has more than 20 years of experience in the asset management industry as both a senior management executive and investment professional. From 2005 through 2008, he was Chief Executive Officer, President, and co-Chief Investment Officer of ClearBridge Advisors LLC, one of the largest mutual fund companies in the U.S. Prior, Mr. Posner was a co-founder and the Managing Partner of Hygrove Partners LLC, an alternative asset management company formed in 2000.

From 1997-1999 Mr. Posner was a senior executive with Warburg Pincus Asset Management (and later its successor firm, Credit Suisse Asset Management) where he held a number of senior roles including co-Chief Investment Officer, Director of Research, Chairman of the Global Asset Allocation Committee, member of the Executive Operating Committee and Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Posner’s career began at Fidelity Investments where, from 1987 through 1996, he served first as an equity research analyst and later as a mutual fund portfolio manager. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Arch Capital Group, Biogen Idec and serves as a trustee of the AQR Funds. He previously served as a director of Anadys Pharmaceuticals and Sotheby’s.

Mr. Posner is also a trustee of Northwestern University and a member of the Board of Visitors for the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.

Mr. Posner received his B.A. in History from Northwestern University in 1983 and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1987.