Kumar Srinivasan PhD, MBA

Kumar Srinivasan is a highly accomplished business development executive with an impressive record of success in both pharma and biotech settings. Kumar has a broad cross-functional background in business development, licensing, R&D, new product planning, finance and strategy, and is an effective leader of multidisciplinary teams.
Kumar joined AstraZeneca in April 2012 to head up business development for the newly-constituted AZ Neuro group and was promoted to his current role in March 2013 as Head of Scientific Partnering and Alliances. In his most recent external position, Kumar was Chief Business Officer at Probiodrug AG, then a private venture funded German company developing novel treatment for Alzheimer’s and inflammatory diseases.