Hui Liu has served as our Chief Business Officer since December 2015. Dr. Liu has 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Merus, Dr. Liu was at Novartis AG, a pharmaceutical company, serving as its Vice President and Global Head, Business Development & Licensing, Oncology, from 2013 to 2015, and as Vice President and Global Head, Business Development & Licensing, Vaccines & Diagnostics, from 2009 to 2012. In these positions, Dr. Liu was responsible for all aspects of business development, including in- and out- licensing, acquisitions and alliance management. Prior to his time at Novartis, Dr. Liu held various management positions at Pfizer, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from 2004 to 2009 and at Pfizer, Inc. and its predecessor company Warner-Lambert from 1997 to 2001. Dr. Liu worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as an investment banker between 2001 and 2004. Dr. Liu holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in biology from Peking University.
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