Dimitri Drone ’90 joined the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) for lunch on November 17, 2015. He is currently a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and leads PwC’s Deals business for the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences sector. Dimitri advises corporate and private equity clients on the structure of M&A transactions, and he is also a leading advisor on valuation principles within the life sciences industries, which includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices companies, among many others. Dimitri has been with PwC his entire career. He has his CPA and CFA certifications, and he received his MBA from the University of Chicago. He presented an overview of the biotechnology industry and talked about valuation methods for biotechnology companies.