Richard Butt

Dr. Richard Butt is Apollo Therapeutics’ chief scientific officer. He joined Apollo in 2016 and served as the organization’s chief executive officer until 2021. Richard spent more than 20 years at Pfizer, holding multiple leadership roles in preclinical and clinical R&D. During his tenure, he led programs to candidate selection, developed IND-enabling and preclinical regulatory packages, and led design, planning, execution and delivery for over 30 clinical studies spanning Phase 0 to Phase 2. Richard has always focused on project and portfolio leadership across the preclinical, translational and clinical phases of R&D. Richard is a cell biologist with a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and a doctorate from University College London.