Primary Job Title Senior Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources Primary Organization 
Orchard Therapeutics
Location Lexington, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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John brings over 25 years of HR leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry building high growth, high performance, mission driven and entrepreneurial companies.
Until recently John served as Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Agenus where he led the HR function through periods of rapid growth,
transformation and global expansion including the acquisition and integration of 4-antibody AG and the recruiting and on-boarding of over 150 R&D staff, responsible for creating and advancing an Immuno-oncology portfolio of over a dozen clinical candidates including 4 that are currently in phase 2. Prior to Agenus, he was Vice President of Global HR for PerkinElmer Life Sciences during which time the company more than doubled in size and annual sales. Earlier in his career, John spent nearly 10 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb company in a series of HR leadership roles with increasing responsibilities ranging from Director of HR for Corporate Staff to Head of HR for their Oncology and Immunology division.
John earned his B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell and his M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia. He also completed the Global Leadership Development Programme at the London Business School.
