Erin Lavelle has over 25 years of strategic and operational leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.  She most recently served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at ProfoundBio where she led a $112 million Series B and IPO preparation and negotiated a $1.9 billion sale to Genmab in 2024. Prior to her leadership roles at ProfoundBio, she was the COO/CFO at Eliem Therapeutics, a biotechnology firm based in Seattle. She was instrumental in orchestrating Eliem’s Initial Public Offering (IPO). Before Eliem, she was the COO of Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., where she led Alder’s $2.3 billion acquisition by H. Lundbeck A/S. Her extensive tenure in the biopharmaceutical sector also includes 15 years at Amgen, culminating as the General Manager of Amgen’s Taiwan affiliate. Prior to this leadership role, she was based in Hong Kong as an Executive Director for the Japan Asia-Pacific region, spearheading Commercial Excellence and Digital Health initiatives. Her earlier positions at Amgen involved executive leadership in Global Marketing, Global Commercial Finance, and Strategy & Corporate Development. Erin began her career as an investment banker within the healthcare group at Merrill Lynch & Co. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics from Yale University and has served on the boards of Neoleukin (NLTX) and Vitaeris, a private company located in Vancouver.