Pascal Touchon

Pascal Touchon is the current President & CEO at Atara Biotherapeutics. Prior to this, they served as SVP Global Head Cell & Gene at Novartis from September 2017 to June 2019. Touchon has also been a Board Member at Genoptix, A Novartis Company, and SVP, Global Head Strategy, Business Development & Licensing at Novartis Oncology.

Pascal Touchon holds an MBA from INSEAD, a DESS in Economics from IAE FRANCE - Écoles Universitaires de Management, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III.

Some direct reports include Hyonelle Youngson - Head of Business Excellence & Transformation, Cokey Nguyen - Chief Scientific Officer, and AJ Joshi - Chief Medical Officer.