Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Zenas BioPharma
Lonnie Moulder is the Founder of Zenas BioPharma. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since August 2023, and as Chairman and a member of the board of directors since 2020. He has also been the Managing Member of Tellus BioVentures, LLC (“Tellus”), an early-stage life sciences investment fund, since March 2019. Prior to establishing Tellus, he cofounded TESARO, Inc., a fully-integrated Boston-based oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company (“TESARO”), and served as Chief Executive Officer and director from March 2010 until its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in January 2019. Mr. Moulder previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Abraxis BioScience Inc.(“Abraxis”) from 2009 to 2010. Prior to Abraxis, he served as Vice Chairman of Eisai Corporation of North America following Eisai’s acquisition of MGI PHARMA, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. This followed him serving as a member of the founding management team of a venture-stage biotech company. Mr. Moulder began his career as a clinical pharmacist followed by a 17-year career at predecessor companies of Sanofi S.A. (Nasdaq: SNY), beginning with Marion Laboratories Inc. Mr. Moulder is a Temple University Trustee and Chair of Temple University Japan. He is a Council Member for both the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Mr. Moulder serves on the board of directors of Zai Lab Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZLAB) and for several Tellus portfolio companies. Mr. Moulder received a Pharmacy degree from Temple University and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.