AVP and Head, Pacific Business Development & Licensing
Grace Han McMahon leads Merck’s Pacific BD&L Hub whose remit is to identify, evaluate and transact on early-stage, transformative science with companies based in California, the Pacific Northwest and Asia. Prior to re-joining Merck in 2018, Grace worked for Genentech for five years where she lead a transactional team of attorneys responsible for negotiating licensing, collaboration and M&A deals. Grace started her career in the biopharma industry at Merck headquarters in the Office of General Counsel and prior to that worked in Paris, Boston and New York. Grace serves on the Board of California Life Sciences and is passionate about innovation, team building, diversity and baseball. Grace holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD, a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.