Wade King

Wade King joined Cibus in January, 2021, bringing a background of highly successful C-suite roles across multiple facets of the healthcare industry.

Before joining Cibus, Wade was CEO of Prota Therapeutics, an oral immunotherapy company based in Melbourne, Australia. Before Prota, Wade led Corporate Development and Strategy and served on the management team of Insmed, a multi-billion-dollar public rare disease company, leading global licensing deals and exploring numerous gene therapy opportunities. Wade also led both finance and business development for Neomend, a surgical sealant company that was acquired by CR Bard, now part of Becton Dickinson.

Prior to his work in the corporate sector, Wade was Chief of Anesthesiology for a 20-physician practice in Silicon Valley. During his clinical years, Wade consulted frequently to the venture capital community. Following Stanford Business School, Wade went on to become a repeat Wall Street Journal All Star Health Care Analyst and Director of Investment Research for multiple investment banks. Subsequently, Wade was Senior Portfolio Manager and COO at several investment management firms.

Wade is a board-certified anesthesiologist and completed residencies in Surgery and Anesthesiology at UCSF. Wade holds an M.S.M. from Stanford Business School, M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from UNC Chapel Hill Schools of Medicine and Public Health, and a B.A. cum laude from Princeton University.