Bruce L.A. Carter

Dr. Carter joined Mirati’s Board of Directors in September of 2016. He currently serves on the board of directors of Xencor, Inc. and Enanta Pharmaceuticals, both publicly-held biopharmaceutical companies, as well as Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a publicly-held pharmaceutical company based in India. Dr. Carter is an affiliate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Washington, Seattle, a position he has held since 1986. Dr. Carter served as executive chairman of the board at Immune Design Corp. from 2009 to 2011, later serving as chairman of the board until 2012 and as a member of the board until 2015. Prior to joining Immune Design, Dr. Carter was the chief executive officer at ZymoGenetics, Inc., one of several managerial roles since joining in 1986 as vice president of research and development. In 1988 Novo Nordisk A/S acquired ZymoGenetics and, in 1994, Dr. Carter was appointed corporate executive vice president and chief scientific officer for Novo Nordisk. In 2000, Dr. Carter led the negotiations that established ZymoGenetics as an independent company from Novo Nordisk. As CEO, he was instrumental in transforming ZymoGenetics from the research arm of a European biopharmaceutical company to a company that developed and commercialized Recothrom®. Dr. Carter also held various positions of increasing responsibility at G.D. Searle & Co., Ltd. from 1982 to 1986 and was a Lecturer at Trinity College, University of Dublin from 1975 to 1982. He received a B.Sc. with Honors in Botany from the University of Nottingham, England, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Queen Elizabeth College, University of London. Dr. Carter also serves as chairman of the board at the TB Alliance.