Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Minji Kim, Ph.D. as Chief Business Officer. Adam Levy will remain in his role as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Kim brings more than two decades of experience in business development, strategic leadership, and scientific research.

During her career, she has worked with biotech companies in the U.S. and overseas across broad therapeutic and technical areas. Prior to joining Mineralys, she held the role of Chief Business Officer at Affamed Therapeutics and General Manager at Affamed Digital, and brought multiple products into their pipeline. Before Affamed, Dr. Kim was Head of Business Development and Alliance Management at Jounce Therapeutics.

She led the execution of pharma partnerships and over $200 million in non-dilutive funding for the company. Prior to Jounce, she held the role of Vice President of Corporate and Business Development at Curis, Inc. During her tenure at Curis, she led strategic transactions that had a fundamental impact on the future sustainability of the company, tripling the value of the company and pivoting its R&D direction. Previously, Dr. Kim served on the Global Oncology Business Development and Licensing group at Hoffmann-La Roche.

She began her career as an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School. Currently, Dr. Kim is an independent board member of SK Biopharmaceuticals, a global commercial-stage life science company. She obtained her Ph.D. from Seoul National University in South Korea and her MBA from Yale School of Management.