Eric Risser

Vice President, Business Development
MacroGenics Inc.

Eric Risser has almost 20 years of strategy and transaction experience across both small biotechnology

and large pharmaceutical companies. During his career, he has led multiple major transactions in the

pharmaceuticals area, including company acquisitions, divestments, equity financings, product licenses

and research collaborations. He currently leads the business development and new product planning

activities at MacroGenics, and was responsible for the execution of MacroGenics’ existing partnerships

with Takeda, Gilead, Servier, Pfizer and Boehringer Ingelheim. Prior to joining MacroGenics, he served as

Executive Director, Business Development at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, which he joined in

2003. Before Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Risser started and built a successful consulting practice that

provided counsel to emerging life science companies in the United States and Europe. He has also worked

as a venture capitalist with BankAmerica Ventures and as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers,

where he began his career in their New York and London offices. Mr. Risser holds an M.B.A. from Stanford

University and a B.A. from Yale University.

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