Shawn Tomasello has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, as well as commercial and transactional experience.
Since 2015, Ms Tomasello has been the chief commercial officer of immuno-oncology cell therapy company Kite Pharma where she played a pivotal role in the company's acquisition in 2017 by Gilead Sciences for $11.9 billion. Prior to that, she was chief commercial officer of Pharmacyclics Inc which was acquired in 2015 by AbbVie for $21 billion.
Ms Tomasello was also president of the Americas, Hematology and Oncology at Celgene Corporation where she managed over $4 billion in product revenues, and was involved in various expansion and acquisition strategies.