Brian Brille

Vice Chairman
Caris Life Sciences

Welcomed to the International Biomedical Research Alliance Board of Directors in 2022, Brian J. Brille is Vice Chairman of Caris Life Sciences and a member of their Board of Directors. Caris is a leader in the rapidly evolving field of precision oncology and molecular diagnostics. In his role, Brian is responsible for several divisions at Caris: Precision Oncology Alliance (POA), Corporate Development, and Capital Strategy. In May 2021, he led the Caris Series D financing which raised $830 million and valued the company at $7.8 billion.

Mr. Brille is a senior financial services executive with more than 27 years experience in investment banking including global leadership positions. In 2003, he was named Investment Dealer’s Digest Banker of the Year.

Prior to joining Caris Life Sciences, Mr. Brille worked in various capacities for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Most recently, he was based in Hong Kong and served as Chairman/President Asia Pacific for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with responsibility for the combined Asia Pacific platform across 12 countries and 4 business lines. Prior to this, he served as Global Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America from 2005-2009, with responsibility for several thousand employees across all industry groups, capital markets, and M&A. He joined Bank of America in 1999 as Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, and within three years that business was ranked in the Top 3 globally. He started his investment banking career in 1987 in Morgan Stanley’s M&A Department and subsequently founded Morgan Stanley’s Healthcare Services Investment Banking Group.
Mr. Brille holds a JD from Stanford Law School, a Masters of Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois.

He is a Trustee of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI). He is also on the Board of Overseers of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston and is a collector of Egyptian antiquities and Italian Old Masters. He is passionate about sports, including kiteboarding, tennis, and kickboxing. Brian has four young children and is based in New York City.