Leone Patterson

MBA, CPA

Leone Patterson

Executive Vice President, Chief Business and Financial Officer

Ms. Patterson joined Zymeworks in September 2024 and serves as our Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Patterson served as Chief Financial Officer and Business Officer of Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. from June 2021 until August 2024. Prior to joining Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc., Ms. Patterson joined Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc., a public clinical-stage gene therapy company, in June 2016 as the Chief Financial Officer and also served as Chief Executive Officer from May 2018 to June 2020, director from October 2018 to June 2020, and President from July 2020 to June 2021. Ms. Patterson has held various senior positions at Diadexus, Inc., Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NetApp, Inc., Exelixis, Inc., Novartis AG, Chiron (acquired by Novartis AG), and KPMG. Ms. Patterson currently serves on the board of directors and as the chair of the audit committee of Nkarta, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company. She previously served as a member of the board of directors of Eliem Therapeutics, Inc. from March 2021 to December 2024 and Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. from October 2018 to June 2020, both publicly traded biotechnology companies, and as a member of the board of directors of Oxford Biomedica (UK) Limited from March 2023 to December 2024, a publicly traded contract development and manufacturing organization focuses on cell and gene therapy. Ms. Patterson has served on the board of directors of Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. and as Chair of the board’s audit committee since April 2025. Ms. Patterson holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from Chapman University and an Executive M.B.A. from St. Mary’s College. Ms. Patterson is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status).