Jeff Poulton

Jeff Poulton joined Alnylam as CFO in August 2019. Prior to joining Alnylam, Jeff served as Chief Financial Officer at Indigo Agriculture, a plant microbiome company, from January 2018 to April 2019, where he supported the initial commercial scale-up of the business, including expansion outside the US.

Between 2003 and December 2017, Jeff held various roles of increasing responsibility at Shire Plc, culminating in his service as Chief Financial Officer and a member of Shire’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors from January 2015 to December 2017. During his tenure at Shire, Jeff also led Shire’s rare disease US, LATAM, and Asia Pacific commercial operations, as well as Shire’s global rare disease business unit. Prior to Shire, Jeff led corporate finance and business development initiatives in both the gas and electric utilities industry and the materials manufacturing sector, serving in financial leadership positions at Cinergy Corp and PPG Industries. Jeff also served in the United States Navy as a Commissioned Officer.

Jeff holds a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of EIP Pharmaceuticals and Homology Medicines.