Julie Wu is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Business Officer of HighTide. Ms. Wu has 18 years of industry experience including management consulting, investment banking and business development across the U.S. and China. Most recently she served as Head of Strategic Planning, Business Development and Licensing, Novartis Pharmaceutical (China). Prior to working in China, Ms. Wu held numerous positions in the U.S. Her prior experience includes serving as Business Development Director, Abbott Laboratories. Ms. Wu’s investment banking experience was with Citigroup in San Francisco. Her earlier experience included positions at Eli Lilly and ZS Associates management consulting.

Ms. Wu received an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University.