Mike Ellis, Ph.D., joined BeiGene in 2020 as Vice President, Alliance Management. He was previously Vice President of Business Operations at Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, where he led partnering, strategic portfolio planning, and corporate strategy initiatives. Prior to that, Mike spent five years as Senior Director of Alliance Management at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Over the course of his career, Mike has built a track record of driving corporate growth in highly innovative, entrepreneurial companies. Mike received a B.S. in biology from University of Iowa, a Ph.D. in molecular biology from University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.