LEADERSHIP

Management

Global Diabetes Scientific Advisory Board

Board of Directors

Thomas Butler – CEO, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board

Thomas Butler co-founded Biomea Fusion in August 2017 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since August 2017. He has also been a Managing Member of Point Sur Investors LLC, a biotech investment fund, since January 2016. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Butler was Senior Manager of Investor Relations at Pharmacyclics Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Pharmacyclics, Mr. Butler was a medicinal chemist at Gilead Sciences Inc., a publicly-traded company, engaging in novel drug design and drug development of HCV polymerase and protease inhibitors, from 2007 to 2013. Mr. Butler holds a B.S. in Chemistry from California State University, Chico, an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. We believe that Mr. Butler is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to the valuable expertise and perspective he brings in his capacity as a co-founder and our Chief Executive Officer and because of his extensive experience and knowledge of our industry.

Ramses Erdtmann – President, COO, Co-Founder

Ramses Erdtmann co-founded Biomea Fusion in August 2017 and has served as our President and as a member of our board of directors since August 2017. He has also served as our Chief Operating Officer since February 2021. He has also been a Managing Member of Point Sur Investors LLC, a biotech investment fund, since January 2016. From 2008 to 2016, he held a number of leadership roles at Pharmacyclics Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company, including as the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, and most recently, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining Pharmacyclics, Mr. Erdtmann founded the asset management firm United Properties Immobilien and Anlagen Gmbh and Oxygen Investments, LLC, which he ran from its founding in 1995 to 2009. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Erdtmann worked at Commerzbank, Germany, where he was an investment banker and portfolio manager for institutional international accounts. Mr. Erdtmann currently serves on the board of directors of Summit, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company and previously served on the board of directors of PolarityTE, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology and regenerative biomaterials company. Mr. Erdtmann holds a Diplom Kaufmann degree in Finance and Banking from the Westfaelische Wilhelms Universität of Muenster, Germany. We believe that Mr. Erdtmann is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his perspective, experience and leadership as a co-founder and the President of our company.

Eric Aguiar, M.D. – Lead Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee

Eric Aguiar, M.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2020. Dr. Aguiar has been a partner at Aisling Capital, a healthcare-focused venture fund, since January 2016. Prior to Aisling Capital, from October 2007 to December 2015, he was a partner at Thomas, McNerney and Partners, a healthcare venture capital and growth equity fund. From 2001 to 2007, Dr. Aguiar was Managing Director of HealthCare Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm. Previously, Dr. Aguiar was Chief Executive Officer of Genovo, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Aguiar currently serves on the board of directors of Invitae Corporation and BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., both publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Aguiar previously served on the board of directors of numerous publicly-traded life sciences companies, including Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. (prior to its merger with BridgeBio), and Amarin Corporation plc. Dr. Aguiar also served on the board of directors of privately-held Oriel Therapeutics, Inc. (prior to its acquisition by Novartis). Dr. Aguiar is also a member of the board of overseers of the Tufts School of Medicine and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Aguiar holds a B.A. in College Scholar from Cornell University, a M.D. from Harvard Medical School and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. We believe that Dr. Aguiar is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his medical background and his extensive experience as an investor in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Bihua Chen – Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee

Bihua Chen has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2020. Ms. Chen is the founder of Cormorant Asset Management, LP, an investment firm focused on innovative biotechnology, medical technology and life science companies, and has managed Cormorant’s hedge fund, as well as its private equity funds since its founding in February 2013. Prior to founding Cormorant, from 2005 to 2010, Ms. Chen served as a sub-adviser to Millennium Management LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund. Previously, from 2001 to 2002, Ms. Chen was a healthcare analyst and sector portfolio manager for investment advisor American Express Asset Management. Ms. Chen also served as a portfolio manager for the Asterion Life Science Fund from 2001 to 2002, an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Bellevue Research from 2000 to 2001 and an equity analyst for Putnam Investments from 1998 to 2001. Ms. Chen currently serves on the board of directors of Atia Vision, U.S., a privately-held medical innovation hub. Ms. Chen holds a B.S. in Genetics and Genetic Engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, an M.S. in Molecular Biology from the Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Cornell Medical College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business. We believe that Ms. Chen is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her demonstrated leadership in her field, her experience as a board member of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and her experience as an investor in life sciences companies.

Michael J.M. Hitchcock, Ph.D. – Chair of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member of the Audit Committee

Michael J. M. Hitchcock, Ph.D. (Mick) has served as a member of the board since March 2021. Dr. Hitchcock is currently Past Chair of the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Foundation and Adjunct Professor of Microbiology at UNR Medical School, a position in which he has served since July 2016. Dr Hitchcock’s career in pharmaceutical research and development initially began with Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he served in several infectious disease research and project planning roles from 1980 through 1993. He joined Gilead Sciences, Inc. in 1993 and during his 27 years with the Company, he held a variety of positions, including vice president roles with responsibility for project and portfolio management, alliance management, strategic planning, medical affairs and specific areas of research. He also served as Senior Advisor at Gilead from 2009 through November 2019. During his career, he was involved in the development and commercialization of a number of anti-infective agents, primarily antivirals (tenofovir, adefovir, cidofovir, elvitegravir, oseltamivir, stavudine, didanosine) for treatment of HIV, HBV, influenza, CMV and other viral diseases. Dr. Hitchcock holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Melbourne, Australia and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in biochemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England. He also conducted post-doctoral research at Georgetown University and NIH prior to joining industry. We believe that Dr. Hitchcock is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his academic background and his experience as a senior executive in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Sumita Ray, J.D. – Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member of the Audit Committee

Sumita Ray, J.D.has served as a member of the board of directors since June, 2021. Most recently, Ms. Ray served as Chief Legal, Compliance & Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary (CLAO) at Instil Bio (NASDAQ: TIL), an oncology cell therapy company in the tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TILs) space. Prior to that, Ms. Ray served as CLAO at Calithera for 5 years. Before her time at Calithera, Ms. Ray served on the Executive Management Team of Pharmacyclics, as Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel, Head of Healthcare and Regulatory Law, until its acquisition by Abbvie. Prior to Pharmacyclics, she served in leadership roles as in-house counsel for Elan Pharmaceuticals, Genentech and AstraZeneca. Ms. Ray started her legal career as a litigator at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker and Rhoads LLP. Ms. Ray has more than 20 years of life science, pharmaceutical and biotechnology experience, spanning private practice and in-house legal and operational roles in various therapeutic areas including Oncology, Neurology and Primary Care. She has legal expertise in FDA regulatory law, global health care law, compliance, privacy, brand support, product launches, collaborations and alliance management, as well as extensive experience leading and managing business functions in these industries. Ms. Ray holds a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Arizona. We believe that Ms. Ray is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive legal background and experience as a senior executive in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Elizabeth Faust, Ph.D. - Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Elizabeth Faust, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2022. Dr. Faust is the principal and owner of Faust Consulting LLC where she works with start-up and bio-pharmaceutical companies. Most recently, she served as the Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs at Tricida Inc where she built and led Medical Affairs and oversaw the Safety and Pharmacovigilance functions. Previously, Dr. Faust was the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Kite Pharma where she built and led the Medical Affairs function supporting the launch of Yescarta, the first cell therapy for lymphoma before transitioning her responsibilities to Gilead after the acquisition. Before that, she was the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Pharmacyclics where she built and led Medical Affairs through 4 launches for Imbruvica and the Abbvie acquisition. Dr. Faust has also served in senior roles in Medical Affairs at Celgene and Gloucester Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Celgene). She was at Amgen for 12 years in the Research, Development and Medical Affairs departments. Dr. Faust has over 26 years in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. She was a key contributor to the launch of 9 new molecular entities (small molecules, biologics and cell therapy) and 4 successful BLA/NDA submissions. Dr. Faust holds a B.S. in Microbiology from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA. Dr. Faust is qualified to serve on the board of directors due to her extensive experience in drug development and her background as a senior executive in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

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