Krithika Vel

Krithika is a strategic commercial leader with a 20+ year track record of building and scaling market leading businesses. She is an expert at navigating the full pharmaceutical value chain - from early stage discovery, BD to multi-billion dollar launches, P&L management and late lifecycle optimization - with a demonstrated ability to instill strategic focus, build high performing organizations and execute lean, high growth strategies within competitive markets. Krithika Vel currently serves as the Head of US NeuroImmunology marketing organization  at Genentech. She is responsible for leading the US commercial strategy and execution, and preparing for multiple launches in Multiple Sclerosis. Prior to this role, she was the Senior Marketing Director of the Foundational Products franchise, where she optimized  P&L for multiple late life cycle books of business across Immunology, Neurology, Oncology, Nephrology and Endocrinology. Prior to this, she served in various leadership roles of increasing responsibility across Genentech’s Immunology and Oncology marketing, access and field organizations. Before joining Genentech, she worked as a healthcare management consultant at Deloitte Consulting and in the clinical discovery and development organization of Renovis Inc. She received her MS degree in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University and MS in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.