Leadership

Nicolas M. Barthelemy has served as a director of Repligen since June 2014. Mr. Barthelemy brings over 30 years of industry experience to the director role. Mr. Barthelemy served as President and CEO of bioTheranostics, a molecular diagnostics company, from September 2014 until February 2017. Prior to bioTheranostics, he served as President, Global Commercial Operations at Life Technologies, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in February 2014. Prior to Life Technologies, Mr. Barthelemy was with Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”) for eight years, most recently as Vice President, Manufacturing and General Manager for the company’s manufacturing organization at Research Triangle Park. He began his career with Merck & Co., Inc. as a Senior Project Engineer, Vaccine Technology. Mr. Barthelemy also serves on the board of directors of three privately held companies: Biocare Medical LLC, NanoCellect Biomedical, and Slingshot Biosciences. He also serves as an advisor to Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm. Mr. Barthelemy previously served as a board member of Twist Bioscience, 908 Devices Inc. and Standard BioTools, Inc. (previously Fluidigm Corporation). Mr. Barthelemy received a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris. Mr. Barthelemy’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive experience in the bioprocessing field, including large scale biologics manufacturing and commercialization of consumables used in bioprocessing.

Tony J. Hunt was named President and CEO and has served on the Board since May 2015. He joined Repligen in May 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing commercial and manufacturing operations. Before coming to Repligen, Mr. Hunt was President of Bioproduction at Life Technologies, a global life sciences company which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2014. He joined Life Technologies in 2008, serving as General Manager of Bioproduction Chromatography and Pharma Analytics before being named President of Bioproduction in 2011. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Hunt was with Applied Biosystems as Senior Director of Pharma Programs where he launched the Pharma Analytics business that in 2008 became a part of the Bioproduction platform at Life Technologies. Mr. Hunt also serves on the board of directors of one publicly traded company, 908 Devices Inc. Mr. Hunt received a B.S. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Biotechnology from University College in Galway, Ireland, and an M.B.A. from Boston University School of Management. Mr. Hunt brings to the Board his deep understanding of the bioprocessing market.

Konstantin Konstantinov, Ph.D., has served as a director of Repligen since May 2022. He has also been a member of our Scientific Advisory Board since March 2016. Dr. Konstantinov is currently Chief Technology Officer at Codiak BioSciences (“Codiak”), where he previously served for six years as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Process Sciences. Before joining Codiak, Dr. Konstantinov was responsible for the late-stage bioprocess and technology development at Sanofi’s Boston Hub, including all functions, from cell banking to fill/finish/lyophilization. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Konstantinov worked for Bayer in Berkeley, California for 14 years, advancing to the position of Head of Process Sciences. He has published 60 peer reviewed papers and has more than 15 patents and patent applications. During the last 23 years, Dr. Konstantinov has worked on the development and commercialization of various products, including monoclonal antibodies, blood factors and enzymes expressed in mammalian cells. Most recently, he has pioneered the development of an end-to-end integrated continuous biomanufacturing platform, which is becoming a strategic technological trend for the biomanufacturing industry worldwide. Dr. Konstantinov received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, which was followed by a post-doctoral assignment at DuPont and the University of Delaware.

Martin D. Madaus, D.V.M., Ph.D., has served as a director of Repligen since February 2023. Dr. Madaus joins the Board with over 25 years of industry experience, including five years as Chairman, President and CEO of Millipore Corporation (“Millipore”), where he was integral to the company’s transformation into a life science leader, and its acquisition by Merck KGaA (“Merck”) in 2010. He is an active board leader, currently serving two other public companies: as Lead Director for precision health technology company Quanterix Corporation and as a board member for mass cytometry player Standard BioTools, Inc. (previously Fluidigm Corporation). He also serves on the boards of three private companies: Unchained Labs, Emulate Inc. and Ultivue Inc. Dr. Madaus is currently a senior operating executive at The Carlyle Group (since 2019), a multinational private equity and asset management services company. He previously served as Chairman and CEO at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics from 2014 to 2019. His tenure with biopharmaceutical and diagnostic industry leader Roche Holding AG (“Roche”) from 1996 to 2004 included his position from 2000 to 2004 as President and CEO, N.A. of Roche Diagnostics Corp. Dr. Madaus began his career as a veterinarian, before joining global pharmaceutical and diagnostic company Boehringer Mannheim Corporation (“Boehringer”). While at Boehringer, he held sales, marketing and product management roles from 1989 to 1996, until his move into general management coincided with the company’s acquisition by Roche in 1996. He holds a D.V.M. from the University of Munich in Germany and a Ph.D. from the University of Veterinary Medicine of Hanover in Germany. Dr. Madaus’ qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive bioprocessing and biopharmaceutical industry experience, especially in the areas of strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial operations.

Carrie Eglinton Manner has served as a director of Repligen since June 2020. She brings to the director role over 25 years of leadership experience across multiple disciplines. Ms. Eglinton Manner currently serves as President and CEO of OraSure Technologies, Inc. (“OraSure”), which she joined in June 2022. OraSure is a leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of rapid diagnostic tests, sample collection and stabilization devices, and molecular service solutions designed to discover and detect critical medical conditions. Prior to OraSure, Ms. Eglinton Manner served as Senior Vice President, Advanced & General Diagnostics and Clinical Solutions at Quest Diagnostics (“Quest”), which she joined in 2017. In her role at Quest, Ms. Eglinton Manner was responsible for value creation across the company’s $10 billion clinical portfolio, driving innovation in R&D, along with partnerships and acquisitions. She helped accelerate growth in Quest’s $2 billion Advanced Diagnostics portfolio, which included its specialty molecular and genetic offerings, along with Quest’s global and pharmaceutical services businesses. Prior to Quest, Ms. Eglinton Manner held various roles of increasing scope and responsibility over a period of 20 years at GE Healthcare. From 2009 through 2016, she served as President & CEO of four distinct GE Healthcare global businesses in the areas of diagnostic imaging, lab services and medical devices, ranging in size from approximately $150 million to $3 billion in revenue. In addition to the Repligen Board, Ms. Eglinton Manner serves as board director for the not-for-profit Thrive Networks, focused on advancing women and building healthy, resilient communities. Ms. Eglinton Manner holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Eglinton Manner’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include her track record of delivering business expansion and profitability for rapidly growing global businesses, including her experience with integrating acquisitions and building operations excellence, with a commitment to quality and process improvements.

Rohin Mhatre, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board in March 2020. Dr. Mhatre brings over 25 years of relevant experience to the director role, including his current position since January 2017, as Senior Vice President, Product and Technology Development at Biogen. He has held numerous other roles of increasing responsibility within Biogen, which he joined in 1996, including six years as Vice President of Biopharmaceutical Development, where he led a 300-member team responsible for cell line, cell culture, purification and device development. Earlier in Dr. Mhatre’s career at Biogen, he focused on building out analytical development and technical services. Prior to Biogen, Dr. Mhatre led the purification and applications group at Applied BioSystems (formerly Perspective Biosystems). Dr. Mhatre holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northeastern University. Dr. Mhatre’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive technical expertise, his leadership abilities and his deep understanding of the dependencies between biological drug development and efficient manufacturing workflows.

Glenn P. Muir has served as a director of Repligen since October 2015. Mr. Muir brings over 30 years of experience to the director role, including 26 years with Hologic, Inc. (“Hologic”), a large multi-national medical device and diagnostics company where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Muir retired in May 2014 from Hologic, where he helped steer the company’s evolution from a venture-backed single product company to a publicly traded diversified organization with over 5,000 employees and $2.5 billion in revenue. He joined Hologic in 1988 and served as Chief Financial Officer since 1992 and Executive Vice President since 2000. Prior to Hologic, Mr. Muir was with Metallon Engineered Materials Co., a private company where from 1986-1988 he held the role of Vice President, Finance. Previously, from 1981-1984, he was a Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Muir also serves on the board of directors of two publicly traded companies: medical technology company, Neuronetics, Inc., and life science company G1 Therapeutics, Inc., and one privately held company: medical device company Impulse Dynamics Limited. Previously, Mr. Muir served on the board of directors of ReWalk Robotics Ltd. from July 2014 to December 2017. Mr. Muir is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive since 2022) with a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also earned an M.S. from Bentley University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Muir’s qualifications to sit on Repligen’s Board include his extensive experience with integrating strategic acquisitions and leading the financial operations for a global manufacturing and commercial organization.

Maggie A. Pax has served as a director of Repligen since March 2024. Ms. Pax brings over 25 years of experience leading the development and execution of growth strategies for global companies. This includes eight years with Thermo Fisher, where, from 2016 to 2020, she served as Vice President, Strategy and Innovation for the clinical supply chain business. In this role, she led strategic planning, developed customer-facing innovation programs, and drove the business case for the company’s multi-billion acquisition of Patheon, a leading biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer. Ms. Pax’s background also includes her position as Senior Director, Corporate Development & Strategy at Thermo Fisher from 2013 to 2016, where she led post-merger commercial integration for the company’s acquisition of Life Technologies. Earlier in her career with Thermo Fisher, she was the Senior Director, Portable Analytical Instrumentation from 2012 to 2013.  From 1989 to 2000, Ms. Pax was with Phillips Healthcare (“Phillips”), a leading medical device company, where she held senior leadership roles in Business Development, Marketing and Product Management. Between her Phillips and Thermo Fisher roles, Ms. Pax held several entrepreneurial leadership positions, including as Vice President, Business and Clinical Development for five years (2006 to 2011) with Microchips Biomedical, an MIT startup company that was acquired by Daré Bioscience. Ms. Pax is currently an independent board director Alimera Sciences, a Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company, and Jellagen, a privately-held UK company. She also sits on the board of the U.S. subsidiary of BioPorto A/S, a Danish-based kidney biomarker company. Ms. Pax advises a range of healthcare and life sciences companies on business strategy, commercial growth, and partnerships.  She holds a B.A. from the College of Holy Cross, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where she currently serves as a board member of the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association.

Charles L. Cooney is the Robert T. Haslam (1911) Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT and founding Faculty Director, Emeritus of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT. With a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an SM and Ph.D. in Biochemical engineering from MIT, he has spent his professional career on the MIT faculty. He is an expert in process design, upstream and downstream bioprocess development, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical and biological products.  Prof. Cooney has served as a consultant to or board member of multiple biotech and pharmaceutical companies and is chairman of Repligen’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Dr. Cramer is the William Weightman Walker Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is known for his contributions to the separation of complex biological products and the development of chromatographic materials, processes and predictive tools for enabling their biomanufacturing. In addition, he has made seminal contributions to the molecular understanding of the interactions that create unique selectivities in these separation systems. His lab is currently conducting research on several areas related to protein-surface interactions including prediction of protein binding affinity and multiscale modeling of chromatographic systems, development of efficient antibody and bispecific antibody separation systems, fundamental studies in multimodal chromatography, multilevel automated peptide synthesis/screening system for design of affinity peptides, smart biopolymer affinity precipitation systems, biophysics of protein interactions with surfaces, ligands and proteins, platformable strategies for effective removal of process HCPs and integrated semi-continuous biomanufacturing processes. He was the editor of Separation Science and Technology for 20 years and has been awarded the Alan S. Michaels Award for the Recovery of Biological Products (ACS Division of Biochemical Technology) and the ACS National Award in Separation Science and Technology. He was also awarded Rensselaer’s Distinguished Faculty Award as well as the School of Engineering Outstanding Professor and Research Excellence Awards. Dr. Cramer has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Konstantin Konstantinov, Ph.D., has been a member of our Scientific Advisory Board since March 2016. He also serves as a director of Repligen since May 2022. Dr. Konstantinov is currently Chief Technology Officer at Codiak BioSciences, where he previously served for six years as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Process Sciences. Before joining Codiak, Konstantin Konstantinov was responsible for the late-stage bioprocess and technology development at Sanofi’s Boston Hub, including all functions, from cell banking to fill/finish/lyophilization. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Konstantinov worked for Bayer in Berkeley, California for 14 years, advancing to the position of Head of Process Sciences. He has published 60 peer reviewed papers and has more than 15 patents and patent applications. During the last 23 years, Dr. Konstantinov has worked on the development and commercialization of various products, including monoclonal antibodies, blood factors and enzymes expressed in mammalian cells. Most recently, he has pioneered the development of an end-to-end integrated continuous biomanufacturing platform, which is becoming a strategic technological trend for the biomanufacturing industry worldwide. Dr. Konstantinov received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, which was followed by a post-doctoral assignment at DuPont and the University of Delaware.

J. Christopher Love is the Raymond A. (1921) and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering and member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. In addition, he is an associate member at the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute, and at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. Prof. Love received his Ph.D. in 2004 in physical chemistry at Harvard University. He extended his research into immunology at Harvard Medical School from 2004-2005, and at the Immune Disease Institute from 2005-2007. His research centers on using simple microsystems to monitor cells from clinical samples in chronic human diseases, and on developing new approaches to manufacturing biologic drugs and vaccines efficiently and affordably.  Prof. Love was named a Dana Scholar for Human Immunology and a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research in 2009, one of Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 in 2010, and also a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. At MIT, he is the Director of the Alternative Host Consortium, a unique MIT-Industry partnership advancing new manufacturing hosts for biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. He previously served as a Distinguished Engineer in Residence at Biogen (2015-2016), and also consults for several biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies, including three current start-ups based on technologies from his lab at MIT (Honeycomb, OneCyte, and Sunflower).

Hubert Scoble’s, Ph.D., professional career spans four decades in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industry. The majority of his career has focused on drug substance and drug product biopharmaceutical development and clinical and commercial production operations with Genetics Institute, Wyeth, Pfizer and Sanofi. He has had responsibility for all aspects of pre- and post-approval CMC biopharma drug development, technical portfolio management and product and technical strategy development and deployment. Throughout his career he has been directly involved with the regulatory approval of 20+ commercial biopharma products.

Dr. Scoble received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island which was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at MIT (K. Biemann laboratory). He currently serves as a CMC, technical and operational strategy consultant to large and smaller biopharmaceutical companies and also serves on the Scientific/Technical Advisory Boards for several companies.