Evelo Biosciences CEO and leadership

Simba Gill, PhD is an entrepreneur, investor and CEO who believes passionately that science and globalization will dramatically improve life in the 21st century. Dr. Gill is currently the CEO of Evelo, Sr. Partner at Flagship Ventures, and Executive Chair of Blackfynn. Dr. Gill founded or had lead roles in moksha8, Epirus, Maxygen, Verdia, Avidia, Codexis, Systemix and Valentis, four of these companies have been taken public and three were acquired through strategic trade sales.  Exit valuations were between $400M - $6B.  Dr. Gill has also led, built and launched several commercial businesses/products generating annual revenues of between $150M-$2B. Dr. Gill has founded and/or had lead roles in pioneering companies in the fields of antibodies, stem cells, directed molecular evolution, immunodiagnostics and the cancer microbiome.  He has also been an investor, advisor, founder and CEO of several emerging market life science companies. Dr. Gill was a Partner at TPG, focused on investments in Life Sciences and Emerging Markets. Early in his career, Dr. Gill was co-head of Worldwide Marketing for Recormon. He also led corporate and market development and strategy from inception to commercialization of the Elecsys system, which became one of the world’s most widely used immunodiagnostic platforms. Dr. Gill served on the Board of Directors of the Tuberculosis Alliance, The Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the International Advisory Board of INSEAD. Dr. Gill was also the founder of Dispatches, an in-depth written and photojournalism periodical focused on key global issues. Dr. Gill has an MBA from INSEAD and carried out his PhD with focus on developing humanized antibodies to treat cancer. This work was done at King's College, London in collaboration with the LMB at Cambridge and Celltech.

Duncan McHale, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since February 2018. Dr. McHale has also served as director and co-founder at Weatherden Ltd., a clinical development firm, since April 2017. From September 2011 to May 2017, Dr. McHale served as the Head of Global Exploratory Development at UCB S.A., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. McHale received his M.B.B.S. from Newcastle University and his Ph.D. in clinical genetics from the University of Leeds.

Mark Bodmer joined Evelo as Chief Scientific Officer and president of R&D from UCB where he was head of New Medicines Therapeutics leading UCB's research in immunology, neurology and bone disease. Prior to joining UCB, he served as senior vice president of immunoinflammation, at GlaxoSmithKline, where he was also previously head of metabolic and cardiovascular disease drug discovery. Mark previously served as the chief executive officer at three biotech companies: Hexagen, Lorantis, and Biotica. He received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

As a strategic, results-focused senior executive, I have experience building and leading diverse organizations in the delivery of successful business transformations driving top and bottom line performance. I am highly regarded by business partners and the C-suite as a strategic leader, key advisor who possesses the unique ability to analyze business requirements, identify root cause deficiencies, build alignment and develop practical solutions. I have extensive experience as a change agent for enhancing performance and streamlining operations in highly matrixed environments. I am an articulate, energetic and innovative individual with excellent interpersonal and technical skills who thrives on challenges and operating outside his comfort zone.Specialties: • Extensive clinical operations and drug development expertise• Global Operations Management • Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Integration• P&L Management• Strategic Planning • Human Capital Management• Organizational Design and Restructuring • Large-Scale Change Management

Simba Gill, PhD is an entrepreneur, investor and CEO who believes passionately that science and globalization will dramatically improve life in the 21st century. Dr. Gill is currently the CEO of Evelo, Sr. Partner at Flagship Ventures, and Executive Chair of Blackfynn. Dr. Gill founded or had lead roles in moksha8, Epirus, Maxygen, Verdia, Avidia, Codexis, Systemix and Valentis, four of these companies have been taken public and three were acquired through strategic trade sales.  Exit valuations were between $400M - $6B.  Dr. Gill has also led, built and launched several commercial businesses/products generating annual revenues of between $150M-$2B. Dr. Gill has founded and/or had lead roles in pioneering companies in the fields of antibodies, stem cells, directed molecular evolution, immunodiagnostics and the cancer microbiome.  He has also been an investor, advisor, founder and CEO of several emerging market life science companies. Dr. Gill was a Partner at TPG, focused on investments in Life Sciences and Emerging Markets. Early in his career, Dr. Gill was co-head of Worldwide Marketing for Recormon. He also led corporate and market development and strategy from inception to commercialization of the Elecsys system, which became one of the world’s most widely used immunodiagnostic platforms. Dr. Gill served on the Board of Directors of the Tuberculosis Alliance, The Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the International Advisory Board of INSEAD. Dr. Gill was also the founder of Dispatches, an in-depth written and photojournalism periodical focused on key global issues. Dr. Gill has an MBA from INSEAD and carried out his PhD with focus on developing humanized antibodies to treat cancer. This work was done at King's College, London in collaboration with the LMB at Cambridge and Celltech.