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John Tomes

Director of finance at Mercury Bio

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Updated Nov 13, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 13, 2026·Suggest an edit

About John Tomes

John Tomes is director of finance at Mercury Bio, which develops medicines for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

Before Mercury Bio, Tomes was a senior partner at Hawthorn Equity Partners and a managing director at GE Capital. He has more than 25 years of private equity and early-stage investing experience across four funds managing over $450 million. At GE Capital, he sourced and managed more than 70 lending and equity investments totaling $5.5 billion. He also managed four U.S. offices. His transaction work includes company sales and mergers, public offerings, and restructurings. He has served on more than 15 boards, including Hydrofarm. He earned a biology degree from Kenyon College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name John Tomes in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Mercury Bio, Inc. Current
Director of Finance, Mercury Bio
2024 – Present · Santa Fe, NM
Mercury Bio develops precision medicines that carry therapeutic cargo into cells affected by Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. Current
10% owner
Director
2020 – Present · Public company (HYFM)
Hawthorn Equity Partners
Senior Partner
GE Capital
Managing Director

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people John Tomes works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Mercury Bio, Inc. · Form D, Nov 13, 2026
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Steve Kiziuk
CEO, Mountain Vector Energy and director
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Alex Koglin
Director
Dana Barnard
Dana Barnard
Chairman of the Board
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Bruce McCormick
Chief Executive Officer and director
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Mike Rice
Director
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Bryan Scheer
CEO, InREACH HEALTHCARE & ADVA CERA, director

John Tomes in the News

Sources

  1. SECMercury Bio, Inc. Form D, filed Nov 13, 2026
  2. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by John Tomes (SEC filer 1835514)
  3. P2Mercury Bio Welcomes New Finance Director & Closes $2M Early Funding Round
  4. P3Mercury Bio about page
  5. P6Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.
  6. P8Mercury Bio filing passage