Ronald M. Hunt

Ron Hunt is a Managing Director at New Leaf Venture Partners, and focuses on investments in biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Hunt was one of the founders of New Leaf following the spin out from the Sprout Group in 2005, and today has nearly 2 decades of venture capital investment experience. Mr. Hunt has played a significant role in many of the firm’s investments in biopharmaceuticals and in other sectors. Mr. Hunt is currently on the boards of Rallybio Holdings LLC and Harpoon Therapeutics Inc., and serves as director on the boards of a number of private companies. Mr. Hunt was previously on the boards of Neuronetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: STIM), Durata Therapeutics (Nasdaq: DRTX, acquired by Actavis), Relypsa (Nasdaq: RLYP), Cerexa (acquired by Forest Laboratories), Stromedix, Inc. (acquired by Biogen Idec), Aspreva Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ASPV, acquired by Galenica, Inc.), Phase Forward (Nasdaq: PFWD, acquired by Oracle), and Pathology Partners (acquired by Caris Group).

Prior to joining Sprout in early 1998, Mr. Hunt was a consultant with the pharmaceutical industry practice at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting and then with The Health Care Group (a division of the Interpublic Group of companies). His consulting work spanned 4 years and focused on strategic and operational engagements for clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Prior to entering the consulting field, Mr. Hunt held a number of sales and marketing positions for a combined eight years with Johnson & Johnson and SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals.