Dr. Sharmila Makhija Joins GigCapital5 Board of Directors
January 05 2022 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
GigCapital5, Inc. (NYSE: GIA, GIA.U, GIA.WS) (the “Company” or
“GigCapital5”) today announced that Dr. Sharmila Makhija, MD, MBA,
an international expert on gynecologic cancer, has joined the
Company’s Board of Directors.
In addition, Dr. Makhija will serve as Healthcare Advisor to
GigCapital5’s affiliate and serial SPAC issuer GigCapital Global
(“GigCapital”). In her role as Healthcare Advisor to GigCapital,
Dr. Makhija provides her medical and business expertise across its
Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ initiatives, which includes six
public SPACs, four of which have closed transactions – Kaleyra
(NYSE: KLR), UpHealth (NYSE: UPH), Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV),
and BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI).
“We are thrilled to welcome such a high caliber professional to
the GigCapital family,” said Dr. Avi Katz, Founding Managing
Partner of GigCapital. “Sharmila will not only serve as a Board of
Director member to GigCapital5 as we seek to identify and complete
a business combination, but also as a trusted advisor across the
GigCapital platform as we identify and vet companies, especially
those in the advanced medical equipment and healthcare technology
industries.”
Dr. Makhija currently serves as Department Chair of Obstetrics
& Gynecology and Women’s Health, professor of gynecologic
oncology, and the The Chella and Moise Safra Endowed Chair at the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health
System.
Dr. Makhija earned her B.A. in chemistry from Cornell
University, medical degree from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham and completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at
the University of Louisville Hospital and a fellowship in
gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in
New York. She received her executive MBA from Emory’s Goizueta
Business School. She has held faculty positions at the University
of Pittsburgh and named a Women’s Reproductive Health Research
Scholar (NIH K12, WRHR) and the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, where she continued as a WRHR scholar, tenured
associate professor and received the medical education award and
the Argus Teaching Award from the medical school. At Emory
University, she was division chief of gynecologic oncology, a
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, and the
Leach Endowed Chair in obstetrics and gynecology. She served as
Department Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health,
tenured professor of gynecologic oncology, and the Donald E. Baxter
Endowed Chair in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of
Louisville School of Medicine. While at the University of
Louisville, she was the Chief Medical and Operations Officer for
the Center for Women’s and Infants as well as an instructor for the
course “Economics of Health Sector Management” at the UofL College
of Business, executive MBA program. She presently serves on the
Board of Every Mother Counts, nonprofit founded by Christy
Turlington Burns focused on improving maternal health care
worldwide; the Clinical Leadership Committee of the American
Hospital Association; and as Deputy Editor of JAAPI, a
peer-reviewed medical and healthcare journal of the American
Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). Dr. Makhija has
received numerous awards for her dedication to women’s health
including the Spirit of Achievement Award at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine and Humanitarian Hero, Good Housekeeping.
About GigCapital5
GigCapital5 is a Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ company, also
known as a blank check company or special purpose acquisition
company (SPAC), focusing on companies in the technology, media, and
telecommunications, aerospace and defense, advanced medical
equipment, intelligent automation and sustainable industries. It
was sponsored by GigAcquisitions5, LLC, which was founded by
GigFounders, LLC, each a member entity of GigCapital Global, and
formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange,
asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization
or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
The Company intends to focus on opportunities to capitalize on
the ability of its management team, particularly its executive
officers, to identify, acquire and operate a business with a goal
of reaching an enterprise value of over $600 million.
About GigCapital Global
GigCapital is the first Private-to-Public Equity (PPE) business
and technology executive group dedicated to taking high-quality,
private, technology, media, and telecommunications (“TMT”)
companies to the public market. Our “IPO-in-a-box” methodology
provides an alternative to the lengthy traditional IPO process, and
our Mentor Investor (MI™) mission fosters public market readiness
and growth to the unicorn stage. For more information, visit
www.gigcapitalglobal.com.
GigCapital5, Inc. is one of GigCapital’s PPE companies.
“Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)” and “Mentor-Investor™” are
trademarks of GigFounders, LLC, a member entity of GigCapital
Global and the founder of GigAcquisitions5, LLC, used pursuant to
agreement.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220105005961/en/
MEDIA: Brian Ruby, ICR, brian.ruby@icrinc.com
GigCapital 5 (NYSE:GIA.U)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2024 to Aug 2024
GigCapital 5 (NYSE:GIA.U)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2023 to Aug 2024