Moderna, with a coronavirus vaccine ready to advance to final testing phase, has appointed Stephanie Engels as Vice President, HR Business Partnerships for Commercial and SG&A, based in the Greater Boston area. Sandra Peña, Kile Hanold, Katrina Prospero and Ashley Schiele led the search.
Stephanie Engels comes to Moderna from Zimmer Biomet and Shire where she held various HR Leadership positions. Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer of Moderna, Tracey Franklin, Ms. Engels will serve as a strategic partner to Moderna’s G&A functions, including Finance, Legal, HR, Business Development, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Affairs and Digital to deliver against the business and people growth objectives.
“Stephanie is a leader who will be a transformative addition to Moderna’s already stellar HR team,” said Sandra Peña, Hanold Partner. “Having a strong HR leader like Stephanie will enable Moderna to continue on an amazing growth journey as they race towards the development of a vaccine for Covid-19. We look forward to seeing the many synergies that come from their partnership.”
Moderna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on pioneering the development of a new class of drugs utilizing messenger RNA (mRNA). This new and innovative drug platform builds on the discovery that modified mRNA can direct the body’s cellular machinery to produce nearly any protein desired, from native proteins to antibodies and other entirely novel protein constructs that can have therapeutic activity inside and outside of cells. These proteins have the potential to prevent, treat or cure diseases, including those that are currently not addressable, by going inside cells to direct how they operate. Moderna’s mission is to deliver on the promise of mRNA science to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients.
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