CBO Recruited for Leading AIDD Biotech Envisagenics
In February 2025, Occam Global, a leader in TechBio executive recruiting, placed Sudhir Rao as Chief Business Officer of Envisagenics, an AI-driven biotechnology company revolutionizing RNA splicing research and therapeutics.
Rao brings over 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry, with the last 15 years in business development, spanning both buy-side and sell-side positions in large pharma and small biotech across disease states. He has held business positions of increasing responsibility in multiple organizations, including most recently being SVP/Head of Business Development at Expansion Therapeutics, VP of Business Development at Genocea Biosciences, and Transactions Lead at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Rao earned his BA in Biochemistry, his MS in Epidemiology/Virology from the University of Virginia, and his MBA from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University.
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