Arena Pharmaceuticals Leadership

Amit D. Munshi is Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of San Diego based Arena Pharma since May 2016. Previously, Amit served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Epirus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Percivia LLC, a biotechnology company (sold to JNJ). Prior to Epirus and Percivia, he was a co-founder and served as Chief Business Officer of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., from 2005 to 2010, (sold $2.1B to AGN) and held multiple leadership positions at Amgen Inc. from 1997 to 2005, including General Manager, Nephrology Europe. Amit holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in History from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.B.A. from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. He has more than 30 years of global biopharmaceutical industry experience in executive management, business development, product development and portfolio management. Amit currently serves on the boards of Pulmatrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: PULM) and Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, and also serves as an advisor and lecturer at the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at the Claremont Graduate School.

Robert Lisicki has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since November 2018. Prior to joining Arena, Mr. Lisicki most recently served as General Manager, Vice President Cardio-Metabolic and Inflammation at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Regeneron, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Chief Customer Officer at Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Prior to Daiichi Sankyo, Mr. Lisicki held several management positions at Amgen Inc., including Vice President and General Manager, responsible for a 700+ person sales force in the U.S. His U.S. leadership experiences included such market shaping products Enbrel and Prolia. During his tenure he also covered several ex-U.S. regions, and worked as an International Franchise Lead running the development and international strategies and business plans across Amgen’s portfolio including Nephrology, Cardiology, Bone and Oncology. Prior to joining Amgen, Mr. Lisicki held various sales and marketing positions at Johnson & Johnson Corporation. Mr. Lisicki brings over 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical management, sales and marketing to Arena. Mr. Lisicki holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Business Administration from the State University of New York at Albany.

Vince Aurentz has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer since August 2016. Mr. Aurentz has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Previously, he served as the Chief Business Officer of Epirus Biopharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Mr. Aurentz served as President of HemoShear Therapeutics, where he oversaw the scientific and business development efforts including collaborations with global organizations such as Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Janssen R&D and Children’s National Health System. Prior to joining HemoShear Therapeutics, Mr. Aurentz was Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Management Board at Merck KGaA (Merck Serono) where he directed R&D programs, portfolio strategy and headed all deal activity and venture investments. He is a former Executive Vice President at Quintiles, Co-founder and Managing Director of a venture capital and advisory business and started his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Mr. Aurentz received a B.S. in Mathematics from Villanova University.

Amit D. Munshi is Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of San Diego based Arena Pharma since May 2016. Previously, Amit served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Epirus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Percivia LLC, a biotechnology company (sold to JNJ). Prior to Epirus and Percivia, he was a co-founder and served as Chief Business Officer of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., from 2005 to 2010, (sold $2.1B to AGN) and held multiple leadership positions at Amgen Inc. from 1997 to 2005, including General Manager, Nephrology Europe. Amit holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in History from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.B.A. from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. He has more than 30 years of global biopharmaceutical industry experience in executive management, business development, product development and portfolio management. Amit currently serves on the boards of Pulmatrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: PULM) and Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, and also serves as an advisor and lecturer at the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at the Claremont Graduate School.