Angele Maki (Past Speaker)

Angèle Maki is a business development executive with fourteen years of deal-making experience spanning small biotech and big pharma. She is currently an Executive Director of Business Development & Licensing at Merck’s West Coast Innovation Hub where she leads Search & Evaluation in oncology, immunology, and virology. Prior to Merck, Angèle was an Associate Director in Genentech’s Partnering group where she was responsible for developing and executing technology licensing strategies for human genetics, antibody engineering, small molecule drug discovery, biomarkers/diagnostics, and other research technologies across therapeutic areas. While she was at Genentech, Angèle led the deals with 23andMe, OMT, and Human Longevity among others. Prior to Genentech, Angèle was a Director in BMS’ Strategic Transactions Group where she was responsible for in-licensing and out-licensing of technologies related to discovery and development of biologics. Prior to BMS, Angèle was in Business Development at Medarex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of fully-human antibody therapeutics, primarily in the nascent field of cancer immunology, which was acquired by BMS in 2009. During her business development and licensing tenure, she has successfully negotiated numerous in- and out-licensing transactions, from early-stage research technologies to clinical-stage assets. Angèle received a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral work in molecular biology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla. She completed her B.Sc. in chemistry at the University of Winnipeg, in Canada.