Erin Lavelle

Ms. Lavelle has more than 20 years of strategic and operational leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. She has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Eliem Therapeutics, a Seattle-based neurology therapeutics company, since October 2020. Ms. Lavelle previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. from April of 2018 until February 2020, shortly after its $2.3bn acquisition by H. Lundbeck. Prior to Alder, she held a variety of roles during 15 years at Amgen Inc. In her last role at Amgen, she served as General Manager of Amgen’s Taiwan affiliate. Prior to that role, Ms. Lavelle was based in Hong Kong as an Executive Director for the Japan Asia-Pacific region, leading Commercial Excellence and Digital Health. Before her time in Asia, she held roles as an Executive Director in the areas of Global Marketing, Global Commercial Finance, and Strategy & Corporate Development. Ms. Lavelle began her career in 1998 as an investment banker in the healthcare group at Merrill Lynch & Co. Ms. Lavelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University.