Team

Daphne Zohar
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors
Daphne Zohar is the founder and chief executive officer of PureTech and a member of the board of directors. She has also served as the founding chief executive officer of a number of PureTech’s Founded Entities. A successful entrepreneur, Ms. Zohar created PureTech, assembling a leading team to help implement...MORE

Joseph Bolen, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Joe Bolen, PhD, is chief scientific officer at PureTech, where he works with the Company’s discovery and preclinical team to identify and pursue promising new technologies. Dr. Bolen has more than 30 years of industry and research experience and has been at the forefront of cancer and immunology research. Dr....MORE

Bharatt Chowrira, PhD, JD
President and Chief Business, Legal & Operating Officer, Member of the Board of Directors
Bharatt Chowrira, PhD, JD, has been the president and chief of business and strategy at PureTech since March 2017 and is a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining PureTech, Dr. Chowrira was the president of Synlogic, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing synthetic microbiome-based therapeutics, from...MORE

Eric Elenko, PhD
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
Eric Elenko, PhD, is the chief innovation officer at PureTech where he has led the development of a number of programs, including Akili Interactive Labs, Inc., Gelesis, Inc., Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. and Sonde Health, Inc. Prior to joining PureTech, Dr. Elenko was a consultant with McKinsey and Company where he...MORE

George Farmer, PhD
Chief Financial Officer

Julie Krop, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Julie Krop, MD, is the chief medical officer at PureTech, where she is responsible for all clinical development, regulatory, CMC, and medical affairs for PureTech's clinical-stage Wholly Owned Pipeline. Prior to PureTech, Dr. Krop served as Chief Medical Officer at Freeline Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company. She also previously...MORE