Michel Vounatsos vs John Leonard

Michel Vounatsos

CEO of Biogen

BIO: Mr. Michel Vounatsos has been the Chief Executive Officer of Biogen Inc. since January 6, 2017. Mr. Vounatsos served as the Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of Biogen Inc. since April 18, 2016 until December 2016. He is a sophisticated global business leader who has a track record of commercial success and creativity. He joined Biogen after a 20 year career at Merck, where he various positions including served as president, Primary Care Business Line and Merck Customer Centricity. Prior to this role, he held leadership positions at Merck across Europe and in China. He has been Director of Biogen Inc. since January 6, 2017. Mr. Vounatsos attended the Universite Victor Segalen, Bordeaux II, in France, receiving his C.S.C.T. certificate in Medicine. He received his M.B.A. from the HEC School of Management in Paris.

John Leonard

CEO of Intellia Therapeutics

BIO: After a 30-year career in pharmaceutical R&D, John Leonard retired from his position as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development at AbbVie in 2013. Inspired by the opportunity to work with a new therapeutic modality and form a new company, he returned to his life’s passion and joined the Intellia team to direct the research and development effort to make CRISPR/Cas9 technology into a therapeutic reality. John is among the leading R&D executives who have led breakthrough medicines through their discovery, development and launch into blockbuster drugs. While serving as the Global Head of Pharmaceutical R&D at Abbott Laboratories, John oversaw the development of numerous novel therapeutics. His ground-breaking work with HIV protease inhibitors Norvir® and Kaletra® led to new treatment paradigms for AIDS, his years of work with Humira® made it the all-time top-selling drug worldwide and he led significant growth of the R&D pipeline at Abbott and Abbvie. John’s teams were twice recognized with the prestigious Prix Galien Award for excellence in pharmaceutical research. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Intellia, John serves on the Board of Directors of IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) and IFM Therapeutics. He received his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine followed by a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.