Phil L’Huillier

Phil L’Huillier serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at CatalYm. He brings over two decades of experience in executive leadership positions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with an outstanding track record of success in the commercial development of businesses and partnerships. Prior to joining CatalYm, he served as Head of the European Innovation Hub & Business Development at MSD (known as Merck & Co. in North America). In this role, he was an active member of MSD’s global Business Development and Licensing Leadership and led a team of scientific and business development professionals. Phil worked for a decade as Executive Director and Board Member of Cancer Research Technology, where he was responsible for development, commercialization and licensing of numerous programs, from discovery to early clinical stages. He simultaneously played key roles in the formation of a number of biotech companies and served as Non-Executive Director for Achilles Therapeutics, Artios Pharma, BliNK Therapeutics, PsiOxus Therapeutics and Revitope Therapeutics. Phil holds a PhD in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, as well as an MBA.