Aetna Wun Trombley

President & CEO at Lycia Therapeutics

Aetna Wun Trombley, Ph.D. has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of Lycia’s board of directors since April 2020. She has also served as an independent director of Carmot Therapeutics since 2016. Prior to joining Lycia, Aetna was President and Chief Operating Officer of NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NGM), where she had broad strategic and operational responsibilities for nine years. At NGM, she was instrumental in establishing multiple strategic partnerships and a successful initial public offering in 2019. Previously, she served as Chief of Staff for the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT.

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  • President & CEO

    Current role