Management

Dr. Alexander has been involved in the formation and leadership of numerous biotechnology companies. Dr. Alexander was CEO of ZS Pharma where he led the initial public offering and sale of ZS Pharma to AstraZeneca. Prior to ZS Pharma, Dr. Alexander was a Director at Alta Partners, a venture capital firm, and was also Executive Chairman and interim CEO of SARcode Bioscience. During his time at Alta Partners, he led investments in SARcode Bioscience (acquired by Shire), Lumena Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Shire), ZS Pharma (acquired by AstraZeneca), and Allakos. Prior to Alta Partners, Dr. Alexander was a Principal in MPM Capital’s BioEquities Fund. Robert joined MPM from Genentech, where he worked in the Business Development group.

Dr. Alexander holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Miami University of Ohio.

Mr. Radford has over 25 years of public company finance and leadership experience at companies in multiple industries and various stages of growth including providing financial operations leadership to commercial-stage companies. Prior to Allakos, as Senior Vice President of Finance at Aimmune Therapeutics, Mr. Radford was responsible for all aspects of strategic and operational finance activities supporting the launch of its first approved product, including financial planning, controllership, tax and treasury functions. Prior to working at Aimmune Therapeutics, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at HeartFlow, a medical technology company with commercial operations in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. Prior to joining HeartFlow, Mr. Radford served as Vice President of Finance at Intuitive Surgical, with responsibility for financial planning and analysis, investor relations and enterprise analytics. Prior to Intuitive Surgical, Mr. Radford held various positions at eBay, including Vice President of Finance for Marketplaces Europe, as well as Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Radford began his career in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Radford has a BBA from Ohio University.

Prior to joining Allakos, Dr. Tomasi was Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Corporate Development at ZS Pharma where he led scientific, business development, and investor relation functions through the company’s initial public offering and sale to AstraZeneca. Before joining ZS Pharma, Dr. Tomasi was a Principal at Alta Partners where he contributed to investments in ZS Pharma (acquired by AstraZeneca), Lumena Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Shire), Excaliard (acquired by Pfizer), ChemGenex (acquired by Cephalon), Achaogen, Immune Design and Allakos. Dr. Tomasi served as a drug discovery scientist with Gilead Sciences and Cytokinetics.

Dr. Tomasi holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from MIT and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine.