Barbara Duncan
Non-Executive Director
Healthcare
Investiga
Argentina
Biography
Barbara Duncan has served as a Non-Executive Director since June 2016. She has over 15 years of experience in the life sciences industry and has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICPT) since May 2009 and as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive Officer at DOV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2001 to 2009. Prior to joining DOV, Ms. Duncan served as Vice President of Corporate Finance - Global Healthcare at Lehman Brothers Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and as Director of Corporate Finance at SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc. from 1994 to 1998. She also worked for PepsiCo, Inc. from 1989 to 1992 in its international audit division, and was a certified public accountant in the audit division of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1986 to 1989. Ms. Duncan currently serves as a director for public company, Medgenics, Inc. (NYSE: MDGN), and for privately held companies, Edgemont Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
Research Interest
Barbara Duncan has served as a Non-Executive Director since June 2016. She has over 15 years of experience in the life sciences industry and has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICPT) since May 2009 and as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive Officer at DOV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2001 to 2009. Prior to joining DOV, Ms. Duncan served as Vice President of Corporate Finance - Global Healthcare at Lehman Brothers Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and as Director of Corporate Finance at SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc. from 1994 to 1998. She also worked for PepsiCo, Inc. from 1989 to 1992 in its international audit division, and was a certified public accountant in the audit division of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1986 to 1989. Ms. Duncan currently serves as a director for public company, Medgenics, Inc. (NYSE: MDGN), and for privately held companies, Edgemont Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
