Barry J. Simon, M.D., is a healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience spanning the public and private sectors. Dr. Simon has been serving as a member of the Board of Directors since March 2021. Dr. Simon has served on the Board of Directors of ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBRX) since June 2008 and as its Chief Corporate Affairs Officer since March 2021. Prior to that, Dr. Simon served as ImmunityBio’s President and Chief Administrative Officer since January 2017, President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2015 and as its President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2007. Dr. Simon has also served as Chairman, President and CEO of Brink Biologics, Inc., a bioanalytics, reagents and testing services company, since June 2015. He has served on the Board of Directors of Cue BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUE), a biopharmaceutical company from March 2016 to June 2021 and as its Chairman from 2018 to 2021 and previously served on the Board of Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. (previously named Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.) from July 2017 to November 2020. Previously, Dr. Simon held Vice President, senior level and advisory positions at F. Hoffmann-La Roche (OTCQX:RHBBY), a global healthcare company, Roche Labs, a pharmaceuticals company, Connetics Corporation (NASDAQ:CNCT), a specialty pharmaceutical company, Immunomedics (NASDAQ:IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company, Immusol, a biopharmaceutical company, HealthPro BioVentures, LLC, a healthcare and life sciences investment bank and NorthSound Capital, LLC, a U.S.-based hedge fund.
In his prior roles, Dr. Simon worked across several therapeutic areas including oncology, virology, ophthalmology and dermatology on product launches including Xeloda®, Pegasys®, Fortovase®, Tamiflu®, Boniva®, Fuzeon®, Valcyt®, Kytril® and Accutane®. Dr. Simon attended corporate training programs by the London School of Business and the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He received his M.D. from the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center in New York and trained clinically in infectious diseases, anesthesiology, and internal medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center and New York University, respectively.
