Dr. Steven Xanthoudakis joined Zymeworks in September 2019 and currently serves as the Vice President of Global Search and External Scientific Strategy. Dr. Xanthoudakis brings over 27 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, holding various positions at Merck in discovery research, in business development, and as Research Investigator in the Department of Neurogenetics at Hoffman La Roche (NJ, USA). He also served as the Chief Business Development Officer for the Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) where he managed the execution of numerous R&D deals involving pharma, biotech, and academia. Dr. Xanthoudakis continues to participate as a member of the Research Management Committee of BioCanRx and Glyconet. He received a doctoral degree from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University.