Dr. Edgardo Baracchini, Jr., also known as Ed, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been the Chief Business Officer of Xencor, Inc. since January 2010. Dr. Baracchini has more than 20 years of experience in structuring and negotiating research and development partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and in-licensing agreements. To date, Dr. Baracchini has negotiated more than 60 business transactions with multinational and Asian pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology companies and leading universities with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Merck, Novo Nordisk, Roche, LG Chem, Boehringer Ingleheim, Zeneca, Incyte Genomics, Medichem, Trega, Axys, Inhale Therapeutics and ICOS. He served as a Senior Vice President of Business Development at Metabasis Therapeutics Inc. from April 2005 to October 23, 2009 and Head of Corporate Development from May 2002 to October 23, 2009. He served as Vice President of Business Development at Metabasis Therapeutics from May 2002 to April 2005. Dr. Baracchini served as the Vice President of Business Development at Elitra Pharmaceuticals since August 1999. From 1997 to 1999, he served as the Director of Business Development at Agouron Pharmaceuticals and as Assistant Director of Business Development at Isis Pharmaceuticals from 1992 to 1996. He also served as Director of Business Development and Strategic Planning at Alanex Corporation from 1996 to 1997. He has been Director of INmuneBio Inc. since October 16, 2017. Dr. Baracchini holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Texas at Dallas, an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and a B.S. degree in Microbiology from the University of Notre Dame and Postdoctoral research from Scripps Research Institute.