Kevin Lee, Ph.D., MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Kevin Lee, Ph.D., MBA, is the chief executive officer of Bicycle Therapeutics.

Kevin joined Bicycle from Pfizer, where he served as senior vice president and chief scientific officer of the Rare Disease Research Unit. In that role, he held responsibility for more than 20 novel programs across the full spectrum of research and development, established Pfizer’s rare disease strategy, conceptualized and implemented the company’s gene therapy strategy with the creation of the Genetic Medicine Institute and founded the Rare Disease Research Consortium. Prior to joining Pfizer, Kevin worked at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and, in addition to leading the formation of multiple strategic commercial and academic partnerships, he led epigenetics research and was responsible for the creation of the EpiNova Discovery Performance Unit. Before joining GSK, he lectured at Warwick University Medical School and founded Cambridge Biotechnology (acquired by Biovitrum) and Neurosolutions.

Kevin studied pharmaceutical sciences at Nottingham University, followed by a Ph.D. in pharmacology at Cambridge University. He undertook postdoctoral training as a Wellcome Trust International Prize Fellow before joining the Parke Davis Research Unit in Cambridge, U.K. Kevin is an author on more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, has an MBA from Warwick Business School and has been awarded an honorary chair in molecular pharmacology from the University of Warwick. In addition to his seat on Bicycle’s board of directors, Kevin is a non-executive director of NodThera Ltd.