Management

Nuon has established a management team experienced in developing and commercializing new medicines.

Lee Rauch – President and Chief Executive Officer

  • Previously Acting Head of Corporate Development, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Previously Chief Business Officer, Point Biomedical, Inc.
  • Previously Chief Business Officer, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Previously Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, COR Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Previously Partner, Mitchell Madison Group
  • Previously Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Syntex Corporation
  • Previously Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company

Paulette Dillon – Chief Business Officer

  • Previously Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Previously Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Avidia, Inc. (acquired by Amgen)
  • Previously Vice President ,Chief Business Officer Celera Genomics, Inc.
  • Previously Vice President, Market and Business Development, Exelixis, Inc.
  • Previously Vice President, Strategic Market and Business Development, Roche (previously Syntex)

Helen Jenkins, M.A. – Chief Operating Officer

  • Previously SVP, Development Operations, Saegis Pharmaceuticals
  • Previously Sr. Director, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Valentis
  • Previously Project Manager, Glycomed Inc. and Genentech, Inc.

Michael Kitt, M.D. – Chief Medical Officer

  • Previously Senior Vice President, Development, Theravance Inc.
  • Previously Vice President, Clinical Research, COR Therapeutics
  • Previously Senior Vice President, Clinical Research, Sterling Winthrop
  • Previously Vice President, International Clinical Research, the Upjohn Company

Tito Serafini, Ph.D. – Chief Scientific Officer

  • Previously Co-Founder and Vice President, Renovis, Inc.
  • Previously Faculty, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
    UC Berkeley
  • Postdoctoral fellowship, UCSF
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Stanford