Jean-Paul Kress

Jean-Paul Kress is the Chief Executive Officer of Morphosys. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Syntimmune from January 2018 until its acquisition by Alexion Pharmaceuticals in November 2018. Prior to joining Syntimmune, Jean-Paul Kress served as Executive Vice President, President of International and Head of Global Therapeutic Operations at Biogen Inc. Previously, Jean-Paul Kress served as Senior Vice President, Head of North America at Sanofi Genzyme. From July 2011 to September 2015, Jean-Paul Kress served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a leading European vaccine company. Prior to this, Jean-Paul Kress worked at Gilead, Abbvie, and Eli Lilly in senior commercial and business development roles in the United States and in Europe. He was a member of Sarepta Therapeutics’ Board of Directors from 2015 until 2017. Jean-Paul Kress holds an M.D. degree from Faculté Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris, and graduate and post-graduate degrees in pharmacology and immunology from École Normale Supérieure in Paris.