Senior Management Team
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John F. Crowley Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Mr. Crowley became president and CEO of Amicus in January 2005 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in February 2010. Previously he was founding president and CEO of Orexigen Therapeutics. Preceding Orexigen, Mr. Crowley was senior vice president at Genzyme Therapeutics, a position he assumed after overseeing the sale of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals to Genzyme in September 2001. Mr. Crowley was the founding president and CEO of Novazyme that was developing a novel treatment for Pompe disease. He previously served in several senior management roles with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), including director of the Executive Committee for the U.S. Medicines Group, director of Business Strategy for the U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group, and director of U.S. Area Marketing for the Neuroscience and Infectious Disease Division. Preceding his experience at BMS, Mr. Crowley worked as a business strategy consultant for Marakon Associates. Mr. Crowley began his professional career as a litigation associate in the Health Care Practice Group of the Indianapolis-based law firm of Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman. | |
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Matthew R. Patterson Chief Operating Officer Mr. Patterson joined Amicus in December 2004 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Patterson was promoted to Chief Operating Officer from Chief Business Officer in September 2006. Prior to Amicus, Mr. Patterson served as vice president of Regulatory Affairs, and later vice president of Commercial Planning at BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Mr. Patterson oversaw the development of Aldurazyme® (laronidase) for the treatment of the genetic disease MPS I and helped build the sales and marketing function for the company. Prior to BioMarin, Mr. Patterson worked at Genzyme Corporation in Manufacturing and Regulatory Affairs. While at Genzyme he contributed to the development and global licensing of multiple products. | |
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David J. Lockhart , Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Dr. David Lockhart joined Amicus Therapeutics in January 2006 as chief scientific officer. He brings to Amicus 13 years of industry experience and achievements including credit as the primary developer of genome-wide gene-expression profiling with high-density DNA arrays when he was at Affymetrix. | |
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Pol F. Boudes, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pol Boudes joined Amicus Therapeutics in January 2009 as Chief Medical Officer. He brings to Amicus more than 15 years of industry experience in clinical drug development. Dr. Boudes was instrumental in obtaining registration for multiple drugs in the field of Women's Health, Osteoporosis, Dermatology, and AIDS/HIV infection, both in the U.S. and ex-U.S. | |
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Geoffrey P. Gilmore Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Geoffrey P. Gilmore joined Amicus Therapeutics in March 2008 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining Amicus, from 2003 to 2008, Mr. Gilmore was in the Law Department at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, where most recently he served as Vice President and Senior Counsel. During his time at Bristol-Myers Squibb, he managed the company's pharmaceutical research and development legal group, the corporate securities legal group and supported the Corporate Secretary function. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Gilmore was a Senior Attorney at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals where he focused on pharmaceutical regulatory law. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Gilmore held various positions in the law department of Bristol Myers Squibb Company supporting the company's sales and marketing operations and working in the intellectual property group. Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Mr. Gilmore worked at the law firms, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, where he practiced in the Business and Finance Group, and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, where he practiced in the Corporate & Securities Group. | |
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S. Nicole Schaeffer Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Leadership Development Nicole Schaeffer has overseen Human Resources and Leadership Development at Amicus since March 2005. She brings over eight years of experience building talent at early stage biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Amicus, Ms. Schaeffer worked at Flagship Ventures helping to start several high-tech/biotech companies including Adnexus Therapeutics, Epitome Biosystems and BG Medicine. | |
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John M. McAdam Vice President, Finance and Accounting Mr. McAdam joined Amicus in March 2006, and he currently serves as Vice President, Finance and Accounting, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, and Treasurer. Mr. McAdam has previously served as the Company's Corporate Controller and from March 2006 to September 2006 served as the Company's Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Amicus, from 2001 to 2006, Mr. McAdam worked at Quest Diagnostics Incorporated where he served in a variety of financial positions, most recently as Director of Accounting and Reporting. Mr. McAdam has also worked as an audit professional at KPMG LLP. Mr. McAdam is a certified public accountant and received his B.S. in Accountancy from Villanova University and his M.B.A. from Rutgers Business School. | |
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Bradley L Campbell Senior Vice President, Business Operations Mr. Campbell joined Amicus in May 2006, and he currently serves as Vice President, Business Operations, overseeing program management, business development and commercial planning. Prior to Amicus, Mr. Campbell was the Business Director of Genzyme Cardiovascular, responsible for business development, alliance management and commercial planning for cardiac gene therapy programs. Previously, he was Sr. Product Manager for Myozyme®, Genzyme's enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease. | |
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John Kirk Vice President, Regulatory Affairs John Kirk joined Amicus Therapeutics in January 2008 as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. John brings over 20 years of experience in Regulatory Affairs and has a proven track record in large scale, international regulatory issues and product approvals. Mr. Kirk was most recently Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals and Director, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs at Pfizer Global Research & Development. In these positions John played a key role in several programs in the cardiovascular and inflammation therapeutic areas. Prior to Pfizer, John served as Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs at Esperion Therapeutics. Esperion was developing late stage compounds designed to mimic or enhance the reverse cholesterol transport function of HDL when it was acquired by Pfizer in 2003. At Esperion, John played a key role in the development and execution of regulatory strategies for these important developmental compounds. He brings significant expertise in several cardiovascular and metabolic related areas and has proven ability to contribute to the growth of early stage pharmaceutical companies as well as understanding U.S. and international regulatory processes required to create global registration strategies. | |












