Paul Sekhri

Paul Sekhri has more than 30 years’ experience in life sciences, having served in executive leadership positions at some of the world’s most widely regarded pharmaceutical companies. He is president and CEO of vTv Therapeutics, a biopharma company focused on treatments for type 1 diabetes. Most recently he served as president and CEO of eGenesis, a biotech company focused on xenotransplantation, where he remains a board member and senior advisor to the chairman. Previously, Paul served as president and CEO of Lycera, an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer. Prior to Lycera, he was an operating partner at Highline Therapeutics, a biotech incubator launched by Versant Ventures. Paul also served as senior vice president, integrated care at Sanofi where he led the creation of innovative solutions and business models to meet patient needs. Before Sanofi, Paul led global business development and was chief strategy officer at Teva. He also served as operating partner and head, biotech ops group at TPG Biotech, the life sciences venture arm of the global private investment firm TPG, where he was responsible for a portfolio of more than 50 life sciences companies. He has held the roles of founder, president, and chief executive officer of Cerimon Pharmaceuticals; president and chief business officer of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals; and partner for healthcare investments of New Leaf Ventures. Paul spent four years at Novartis, where he held various senior positions, including senior vice president, head of global search and evaluation, business development and licensing, and global head, early commercial development, where he developed the disease area strategy, and founded the early commercial development department.

Paul has been a director on more than 30 private, public company, and non-profit boards and is currently a board member of vTv Therapeutics, eGenesis, Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Compugen, and Spring Discovery.

Paul completed post-graduate studies in clinical anatomy and neuroscience at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, and received his bachelor of science degree in zoology from the University of Maryland.