Our Team
Dr. Eddy Agbo
Founder & CEO
Eddy is a scientist, entrepreneur, and global health leader with extensive experience in biomedical research, biotechnology and executive leadership. He leads Fyodor’s efforts to deliver innovative, accessible diagnostics, medicines and healthcare solutions. He has held research and leadership roles at Johns Hopkins University, Utrecht University, and Cangen Biotechnologies Corp, and served on Maryland’s Life Sciences Advisory Board overseeing a $1.3B biotech investment fund. Eddy earned a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Utrecht University, an MS in Biotechnology from Wageningen University, and a DVM from the University of Ibadan.
Dr. James Benedict
Non-Executive Director
James is an Advisor to the CEO at JobSiteCare, and a principal at Kidd & Company investment house. Previously, he was Senior Managing Director & Chief Talent Officer at Spencer Trask venture capital firm. James has consulted for the World Bank and Japanese Ministry of Finance. He holds a Ph.D. in International Economics from Columbia University, a Certificate on Monetary and Fiscal Policy from the Japanese Ministry of Finance, and a BA with Honors and Distinction from Baylor University.
Dr. Joseph O'Neill
Non-Executive Director
Dr Joe O’Neill is a board-certified internist who served as the National AIDS czar in George W Bush’s White House and has been credited as being the architect of the PEPFAR initiative that is now estimated to have saved 26 million lives in Africa and around the world. He holds academic degrees in business administration and public health from the University of California at Berkeley and in medicine from the University of California at San Francisco. He has over four decades of experience in the U.S. Public Health Service, academia and the private sector and retired from the National Institutes of Health in 2023.