Bobby is a world-renowned scientist and physician and accomplished strategic and organizational leader with more than 25 years of experience in medicine and biotechnology. As one of Orchard’s principal scientific founders, Bobby serves as chief executive officer of the company, and also sits on Orchard’s board of directors. Bobby has been a pioneer in gene therapy and the evolution of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy technology – including some of the first studies in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) – bringing it from some of the first studies in patients to potential regulatory approvals. His unparalleled expertise and deep relationships with key physicians and treatment centers around the world are integral to Orchard’s efforts to identify patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and other diseases through targeted disease education, early diagnosis and comprehensive newborn screening.

Bobby is an honorary professor of pediatrics and immunology at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and has led multiple clinical trials that have shown that gene therapy can successfully correct the genetic defect in immune deficiencies. He studied medicine and surgery at Kings College in London before completing his Ph.D. at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

Frank brings more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry as an accomplished financial and business executive, with a proven track record of success in leading operations and strategy, corporate finance and commercialization at private and publicly traded biotechnology companies. Frank joined Orchard in 2018 as chief financial officer and chief business officer. Since that time, his role has expanded to president and chief operating officer of Orchard. He also continues to serve as the principal financial officer. In his capacities, Frank creates and drives strategies for overall value-creation and long-term growth of the company. He currently oversees key functional areas for the business, including but not limited to, finance, business development, commercial operations, corporate affairs and quality.

Frank previously served as president and chief operating officer of AMAG Pharmaceuticals (acquired in November 2020 by Covis Group), where he helped develop the business from a single product company in 2011 to one with a portfolio of commercial and development-stage products that generated more than $600 million in sales in 2017. During that time, Frank raised more than $1.8 billion in new capital to support AMAG’s growth strategy. Before joining AMAG, he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Molecular Biometrics, Inc. Earlier in his career, Frank also served as chief executive officer for Critical Therapeutics and chief financial officer for Esperion Therapeutics. Each company completed its initial public offering in the U.S. during his tenure. Frank currently serves on the board of directors of Larimar Therapeutics and Spero Therapeutics.

Frank received his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

John brings over 25 years of human resource (HR) leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry building high growth, high performance, mission-driven and entrepreneurial companies. Most recently, John served as vice president of human resources and administration for Agenus, where he led the HR function through periods of rapid growth, transformation and global expansion. John played a key role in leading the acquisition and integration of 4-antibody AG and the build-out of the company’s R&D and technical operations capabilities responsible for generating and advancing an immuno-oncology portfolio of over a dozen clinical candidates. Prior to Agenus, John was vice president of global HR for PerkinElmer Life Sciences, during which time the company more than doubled in size and annual sales and significantly expanded its commercial business and operations in the U.S., Europe and APAC regions. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly 10 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb in a series of progressively responsible HR leadership roles including director of HR for corporate staff, director of organizational development for U.S. medicines and head of HR for the oncology and immunology division.

John earned his B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell and his M.A. in organizational psychology from Columbia with a concentration in organizational development. He also completed the global leadership development program at the London Business School.

With 20 years of experience in the healthcare and biotech industries, Christine is a seasoned communications and advocacy leader with deep expertise in the areas of corporate brand and reputation, executive visibility, media strategy, issues and crisis management, stakeholder engagement and coalition-building, disease awareness, and policy communications. Christine joined Orchard Therapeutics in 2018 as vice president, public affairs and stakeholder engagement. Since that time, her role has expanded to include corporate communications and investor relations as senior vice president, corporate affairs.

Prior to joining Orchard, Christine held senior leadership positions at various global health care communications and public affairs consulting firms, including Edelman and APCO Worldwide. Most recently, she served as managing director of Reservoir Communications, a firm specializing in health care advocacy and policy communications, where she was instrumental in building and growing the organization from its inception.

Christine earned a BA from the University of Virginia, where she graduated with high distinction.

Nicoletta has extensive experience leading all aspects of technical operations, including process and analytical development, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and CMC lifecycle management. She joined Orchard Therapeutics from Novartis, where she held positions of increasing responsibility since 2004, most recently serving as global head of cell and gene therapies. In this role, Nicoletta led multidisciplinary international teams responsible for the end-to-end technical development, manufacturing and project management of several gene and cell therapies modalities, including lentiviral, adeno-associated virus (AAV), stem and CAR-T cell processes, from concept to commercialization. She also oversaw the integration of the CAR-T teams and AveXis’ AAV technical capabilities into Novartis’ technical R&D. Previously, Nicoletta was global head of technical development novel biologic entities and cell and gene therapies where she was responsible for the early phase development of biologics and gene therapies. Her broad industry experience encompasses global leadership in the development and manufacturing of sterile drug products and devices and approvals of several commercial assets.

A medicinal chemist by training, Nicoletta began her career in the biopharmaceutical industry as a formulation scientist at Pfizer. She earned her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technologies from the University of Pavia in Italy. She is a registered pharmacist and member of the UK Royal and Italian Pharmaceutical societies.

Fulvio leads the company’s discovery and translational research activities. In this capacity he will be responsible for expanding the company’s pipeline into larger indications.

He joined Orchard Therapeutics from Smart Immune where he served as chief scientific officer. Previously, Fulvio was senior vice president of translational science at Audentes Therapeutics in San Francisco, where he was responsible for advancing the company’s pipeline from discovery to clinical development overseeing molecular biology, in vivo pharmacology, bioinformatics, and bioanalytics. Prior to joining Audentes, Fulvio was chief scientific officer of Genethon in Évry, France from 2012 to 2017 where he led the development of a robust pipeline of gene therapy programs for blood, liver, and neuromuscular diseases. Earlier in his career, he held various positions at the Center for Regenerative Medicine of the University of Modena, Molmed SpA, Genera SpA, and the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute of Gene Therapy in Milan, Italy.

Fulvio is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Kriya Therapeutics. He is also a member of the European Molecular Biology Association, past member of the Board of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy and a member of the editorial board of many international journals in the fields of genetics, molecular biology and gene therapy. Fulvio earned a Ph.D. in medical genetics at the University of Rome School of Medicine and has published more than 200 articles in major international journals. He also serves as Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Modena, Italy.

Leslie joined Orchard Therapeutics in June 2018 bringing extensive experience leading medical affairs for several premier biopharmaceutical companies. Throughout her career, Leslie led integration of medical functions across brands including publication planning, field team training, advisory boards, patient registry and identification efforts, investigator-initiated trial prioritization and post-marketing planning. A neuroscientist by training, Leslie has dedicated much of her career to advancing new therapies for difficult-to-treat brain diseases.

She joined Orchard Therapeutics from Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (prior to its merger with Akebia Therapeutics) where she served as vice president of medical affairs. She previously served in various positions of increasing seniority in medical affairs at Biogen, where she led key elements of U.S. launch and post-launch activities in multiple sclerosis. In recognition of her success and contributions, Leslie was promoted to leadership roles in Biogen’s multiple sclerosis and then its hemophilia franchises, comprising the company’s approved and investigational therapies. Leslie began her career at Actelion (now part of Janssen) where she supported a variety of therapeutic areas, including respiratory, cardiovascular, rheumatology, neurology and rare disease.

Leslie earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medicine.

With more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare and biotech industry, Braden is a seasoned commercial leader with deep expertise in commercial strategy, operations, marketing, and market access. Braden joined Orchard Therapeutics in 2020 as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for North America. Since that time, Braden’s role has expanded to Chief Commercial Officer. In this capacity he is responsible for all commercial strategy and execution for the company, playing a critical role in shaping and achieving Orchard’s global growth strategy.

Prior to joining Orchard, Braden commercialized several rare oncolytic and genetic disorder products during his time at Celgene, NPS Pharma (acquired by Shire for $5.2B) and PTC Therapeutics, where he most recently served as the Vice President and General Manager for the U.S. In this role, Braden led the company’s first U.S. product launch in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and oversaw the strategic planning for their gene therapy business.

Braden received his M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business and a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.