Alison Lawton

Alison Lawton is an executive leader with more than 30 years of experience in biopharma and most recently served as president and CEO of Kaleido Biosciences. Prior to Kaleido Biosciences, she served as chief operating officer of Aura Biosciences and OvaScience and worked at various positions of increasing responsibility at Genzyme, and subsequently at Sanofi-Aventis, including as head of Genzyme Biosurgery and prior senior vice president of Global Market Access. Alison currently serves as independent director for X4 Pharmaceuticals and ProQR Therapeutics and has served on the boards of directors of Verastem, CoLucid until its acquisition by Eli Lilly, and Cubist Pharmaceuticals until its acquisition by Merck & Co. She is past president and chair of the Board of Regulatory Affairs Professional Society and past FDA Advisory Committee member for Cell and Gene Therapy Committee. She earned her BSc in Pharmacology, with honors, from King’s College London.