Jim Leonard

James Leonard is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive currently serving as Vice President of Metabolic Diseases at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals since October 2022. Prior experience includes a tenure as Sr. Director at Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson from November 2010 to November 2021, and a prior role as Sr. Director at Arena Pharmaceuticals from 1998 to 2010. James Leonard earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Endocrinology from the University of California, San Francisco, between 1983 and 1989, following a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biology from Brown University, which was completed between 1980 and 1982.