Kate Aiken

Kate, an accomplished human resources business leader, brings more than 20 years of cross-industry experience, building and managing high caliber HR organizations and partnering with business leaders to support the growth of industry leading companies. Kate joins Arcellx from McKesson Corporation where she held roles with increasing responsibility since 2013, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Human Resources as part of the company’s Prescription Technology Solutions business unit. In this role Kate was part of an HR transformation that integrated a disruptive start up into McKesson, which served as a springboard for her interest in rejoining a smaller, entrepreneurial company. Prior to McKesson, Kate spent 10 years at Gap, Inc. in several leading roles, most recently as Vice President, Human Resources. From 1999-2003, Kate was Vice President and Head of Human Resources at Oxygen Media, a start up in the media and entertainment space. Kate holds an M.B.A in Business Strategy from New York University and a B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College.