
Alex Hersham
Alex Hersham
CLASS OF 2025
COMPANY
Nonsense Tx
Co-Founder & CEO
LOCATION
London, UK
AREA OF FOCUS
Small molecule approach to ‘reading through’ PTCs caused by nonsense mutations
BIO
Alex is the father of Abe, who has Recessive Dystrophic EB. One of Abe’s mutations is a nonsense mutation. To help Abe live, and live well, Alex founded Nonsense Tx; a small molecule approach to reading through premature termination codons.
Alex is also the President & founder of Zencargo, a robust supply chain company with 150+ employees, ~$100m capital raised. He was CEO from its founding in 2017 to 2024.
Alex started his career at Goldman Sachs and subsequently was a VP at Cerberus Capital Management.
Alex graduated from the London School of Economics with an Economics major, First Class Honors.