Mr. Bedford brings his expertise in business and finance to Zymeworks, after serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ActiveState Corporation, up to the time of its acquisition by Sophos UK. Additionally in the past, he has held senior positions at UBS Warburg, including the Frankfurt-based role as Head of German Equities. In this position he oversaw all sales and sales trading of equity products, and was responsible for the merger of UBS Germany's equity business with SBC Warburg. Prior to this he was with UBS' Securities division in Zurich, Tokyo, and London.