Torben Straight Nissen
Chief Executive Officer at Repertoire Immune Medicines
Torben Straight Nissen
Chief Executive Officer at Repertoire Immune Medicines
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Executive Partner
2022 - Current
Senior Partner
2019 - 2023
Venture Partner
2016 - 2019
Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Chief Executive Officer
2022
Repertoire Immune Medicines is a clinical stage biotechnology company.
Raised $257,275,890.00 from Invus, PSP Investments, SoftBank Vision Fund, Flagship Pioneering and Alaska Permanent Fund.
Founding CEO
2021
Board Member
2018 - 2021
Ring Therapeutics is a gene therapy company focused on discovering and developing programmable genetic medicines.
Raised $253,500,000.00 from Altitude Life Science Ventures, Flagship Pioneering, UPMC Enterprises, CJ Investment, Partners Investment, T. Rowe Price, Alexandria Venture Investments, Invus and Kyowa Kirin.
President
2016 - 2019
Rubius has developed the technology to grow, genetically engineer and mature long-circulating Red-Cell Therapeutics.
Raised $445,000,000.00 from Flagship Pioneering.
Vice President, Strategic Portfolio Management and Planning, Worldwide R&D
2015 - 2016
Head, Strategy, Portfolio and Operations, BioTherapeutics R&D
2014 - 2015
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Therapeutic Innovation
2012 - 2014
Managing Director & Head of Project and Portfolio Management, Centers for Therapeutic Innovation
2011 - 2012
Pfizer is a biopharmaceutical company that provides affordable access to safe, effective medicines and health care services.
Raised $32,000,000,000.00 from Starboard Value.
Chief Operations Officer
2008 - 2011
President, Biologics and Senior Vice President, moksha8
2007 - 2008
Moksha8 is a pharmaceutical company providing therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system and mental health disorders.
Raised $224,071,696.00 from Forest Laboratories.
Managing Director
2005 - 2007
Senior Vice President, Global Project Management
2005 - 2006
Vice President, Global Project Management
2004 - 2005
Director, Protein Pharmaceuticals
2002 - 2004
Principle Scientist and Project Leader
2000 - 2002
Principal Scientist and Project Leader
1999 - 2000
Education
Ph.D
1995 - 1998