Andras T. Forgacs

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Mr. Forgacs is our Chief Operating Officer. He has served as an operating partner of Accelerator Life Science Partners since September 2021. From 2011 to 2021, Mr. Forgacs served as Co-founder, President and CEO of Modern Meadow, a privately held biotechnology company developing novel biomaterials that support sustainability while balancing performance, aesthetics, and accessibility. He is also a co-founder of Fork & Goode, a cellular agriculture company developing cultivated meat products (where he serves as board Chairman) and Organovo, a medical laboratory and research company that designs and develops functional, three-dimensional human tissue for medical research and therapeutic applications. Prior to Modern Meadow, Mr. Forgacs served as a Managing Director of Richmond Global Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in disruptive technologies globally to identify and nurture high-impact entrepreneurs. Prior to his time at Richmond Global Ventures, Mr. Forgacs worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, where he advised numerous international pharmaceutical companies, academic medical centers and private equity groups on R&D strategy and various aspects of technology commercialization. Prior to McKinsey & Company, Mr. Forgacs worked as an investment banker, where he co-founded the CitiVision e-Commerce Group within Citigroup. Mr. Forgacs received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his A.B. cum laude in Government from Harvard University.