John Evans Biography and Net Worth

John Evans has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2018, as our President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2018 through January 2020, and as our interim Chief Executive Officer from April 2017 through January 2018. Mr. Evans previously was a Venture Partner with ARCH Venture Partners. He has also served as a director of Verve Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, since August 2018 and as a director of Prime Medicine, a biotechnology company, since September 2019. Mr. Evans was previously at Agios Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, from September 2009 until April 2017, most recently serving as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Portfolio Leadership. At Agios, Mr. Evans served as IDH Portfolio Executive, providing strategic and operational leadership for a portfolio of first-in-class IDH inhibitors including IDHIFA and TIBSOVO. He also helped initiate and lead Agios’ alliance with Celgene Corporation. Prior to joining Agios, Mr. Evans worked at Infinity Pharmaceuticals, McKinsey & Company’s pharmaceuticals practice and MedImmune. Mr. Evans holds an MBA in Healthcare Management from Wharton, a Masters in Biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in English with distinction from Yale University. We believe that Mr. Evans is qualified to serve on our Board based on his extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry and his expansive knowledge of our company based on his role as our Chief Executive Officer. Provided by Tagnifi.