Dr. Nancy Martin is an experienced pharmaceutical R&D executive with over 25 years of value-added impact to patients. She is a strategic leader and independent thinker with a flexible approach to deliver results. She has broad and deep experience in clinical practice and the pharmaceutical industry. Nancy is regarded as a trusted advisor to multidisciplinary teams in dynamic environments in small, mid-size and large organizations. Having worked in a multitude of therapeutic areas in various roles across disciplines including clinical pharmacology & biopharmaceutics, preclinical development, clinical development, medical science and medical affairs in all phases of drug and/or device development, Nancy is driven by the promise of bring new therapies to patients. Nancy has lead teams through strategic negotiations with various health authorities including numerous successful global submissions, product defenses, successful FDA Advisory Committees/ EU Oral Explanations and first-cycle approvals of new drugs, biologics, generics, biosimilars, devices, and combination products. She is currently leading her team at Astellas to advance cellular and gene therapies as part of the diversified portfolio of transformative therapeutics across medical specialties. She is a catalyst for cross-functional teams in their strategic delivery to key milestones for high profile development portfolio decisions. Nancy is trained as a physician and pharmacist. Her career began as a clinical pharmacologist at Hoffmann-La Roche. Throughout her career, Nancy held roles of increasing responsibility at Roche, Aventis, Hospira, Pfizer, Baxter and Astellas across multiple disciplines in research, development and medical affairs. She served as Chief Medical Officer of Outpost Medicine, a Frazier Portfolio Company with focus in women’s health and as Chief Medical Officer of TerSera Therapeutics, a GTCR Portfolio Company, with focus in oncology and rare disease.Nancy is a keen advocate of professional development for team members as an invested people manager. In addition, Nancy maintains connections as Adjunct Faculty for her alma maters and mentors pharmacy and medicine fellows with career interest in the pharmaceutical industry. Nancy is an author of over 100 scientific abstracts, posters, manuscripts and book chapters and has been an invited speaker at numerous international scientific congresses. She maintains active licenses as a registered pharmacist and as a physician to practice medicine in multiple jurisdictions.