Christopher Lemasters MBA

Mr. LeMasters was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Mirati Therapeutics, a clinical-stage oncology company, where he was responsible for corporate development, strategy and investor relations. During his three years in this role, he oversaw the successful expansion of the company and its market capitalization from $100 million in 2016 to nearly $5 billion in December 2019.

Prior to joining Mirati, Mr. LeMasters served as the CEO of Promosome, a privately held mRNA re-engineering and biotherapeutics company co-founded by Nobel Laureate Dr. Gerald M. Edelman of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Previously, Mr. LeMasters held senior management positions at several biotherapeutics companies, most recently as co-founder and chief business officer of Tragara Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage cancer therapeutics company. Mr. LeMasters also served as co-founder and chief business officer of Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he negotiated its acquisition by Pharmion Corporation for $104 million, and as vice president, corporate development of Conforma Therapeutics, where he negotiated its acquisition by Biogen IDEC for $250 million.

Mr. LeMasters also worked in the corporate business development group at Eli Lilly & Company and was responsible for the successful negotiation of numerous partnerships and licenses across a range of therapeutic areas. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand Consulting and an operational auditor with Owens Corning. Mr. LeMasters currently serves as a board member of Aarden Pharmaceuticals, where he is also a co-founder, and of the Hoosier Cancer Research Network, a clinical research organization.