23. Abbas Kazimi, VP of Business Development, Nimbus Therapeutics

Abbas Kazimi is the Vice President, Head of Business Development at Nimbus Therapeutics, a biotechnology company harnessing quantum mechanics and computational approaches to structural biology to design breakthroughs in medicine. Abbas joined Nimbus in 2014 as Director of Business Development and has driven several of the company’s key transactions that have brought over $775M into Nimbus through financings and transactions, including the exclusive licensing agreement with Genentech, the sale of Nimbus’ clinical NASH program to Gilead in and the multiple strategic alliances with Celgene. Prior to joining Nimbus, Abbas spent a decade in planning, advising, and executing strategic transactions for life sciences clients with industry partners and financial investors across the globe, most recently at Extera Partners, LLC. He earned his M.A. from Harvard University and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.