About Us

Industry trailblazer, Myrtle Potter assumes the role of CEO for Sumitovant after having served as Vant Operating Chair of Roivant Sciences since 2018. In that role she oversaw thirty-five investigational drugs in eleven therapeutic areas being tested in over fifty clinical trials across the Roivant family of companies. Myrtle brings a proven track record of building and leading high-performance teams to bring successful drugs to market. As CEO of Myrtle Potter & Company she and her 150+ hand-picked team of experts led major strategic efforts and multiple product launches for numerous biopharmaceutical companies.

As President and COO and of Genentech, Myrtle oversaw 5X revenue growth in 5 years to $5 billion resulting in record sales and earnings growth for 19 of 20 consecutive quarters. Prior to joining Genentech, she served as president of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $4 billion, 3,500-person U.S. Cardiovascular/Metabolics business. While at Merck, she started the pharmaceutical company, Astra-Merck, which later through a series of transactions, became a part of AstraZeneca. Myrtle is a graduate of the University of Chicago and serves on the university’s board of trustees. She also serves on the board of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, and has served on the boards of Amazon, Axsome Therapeutics, Express Scripts and Medco.

Adele Gulfo is Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer at Sumitovant. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Myovant Sciences, a majority-owned company of Sumitovant Biopharma, and served as the company’s interim CCO from May 2020 to May 2021. Before joining Sumitovant, Adele served as Chief of Commercial Development at Roivant Sciences. Previously she served as President and General Manager of Pfizer’s $12B+ US primary care business unit, comprised of over 5,000 employees across multiple therapeutic areas. Adele also ran Pfizer’s Commercial Operations, and as US Country Chair led the Managed Care organization across all biopharmaceutical businesses, including Specialty, Oncology, and Vaccines. Gulfo has over 25 years of experience in the bio pharmaceutical industry and also held executive level roles at Mylan and AstraZeneca.

She has experience launching and growing many well-known blockbuster brands including Crestor, Lipitor, Viagra, Celebrex, Lyrica, Premarin and Eliquis. She received a BS in Biology and Chemistry and MBA in Marketing from Seton Hall University. Gulfo also received an MBA with a Pharma emphasis from Fairleigh Dickinson University and trained in Post Grad Molecular Biology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Bill McMahon serves as Chief Algorithmic Analytics Officer of Sumitovant. He served as Vice President of Computation Research at Roivant Sciences since 2016 during which time he led the development of the DrugOme. From 2009-2016, Bill was the manager and technical lead of the functional reliability team at GlobalFoundries responsible for critical semiconductor process technologies. He previously held multiple Senior Engineer and Physicist roles at Numonyx, Intel, and Data Storage Institute. Bill received his B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dan Rothman currently serves in dual leadership roles as Chief Information Officer for Sumitovant Biopharma and Chief Digital Officer for parent company Sumitomo Pharma where he has built an entire digital ecosystem across both organizations. This includes establishing platforms such as data engineering and DevOps, building a digital strategy team, and leading enterprise technology and infrastructure, all designed to unlock new value through novel applications of technology. His team has doubled in size annually since inception and identified more than 50 solutions that improve drug discovery, accelerate clinical trials and improve commercialization. Previously he was the Chief Information Officer for Roivant Sciences.

Dan is an innovative leader with a proven track record of leveraging technology to drive digital and behavioral transformation across businesses. He is highly skilled at building and inspiring teams to achieve organizational growth through technology and has specific expertise in applying technology to traditional sectors including healthcare and finance.

Mi Yong Cho serves as the Chief People Officer at Sumitovant. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the firm’s people strategy and operations, including recruiting, talent development, and total rewards. Mi Yong has served as the Head of Human Resources at Roivant Sciences since August 2018, where she transformed the Human Resources department from a service provider to a strategic business partner. Prior to joining Roivant, she spent eight years at Two Sigma Investments, where she founded and led the compensation, talent analytics and HR infrastructure teams and served in various HR leadership roles. Previously, she held multiple HR and compensation roles at Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch. Mi Yong began her career in investment banking and received her B.A. in Economics and M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Tara Soni serves as General Counsel at Sumitovant. Ms. Soni has served as a Partner on the Legal Team of Roivant Sciences since July 2016 where she held a diverse role that focused on corporate transactions, compliance, employment law and general corporate advisory work. She previously served as Assistant General Counsel to a financial technology firm where she led the legal function across multiple jurisdictions in Europe, North America and South America. She began her career as an attorney specializing in cross-border transactions, with a focus on emerging markets. Ms. Soni is a dual-qualified attorney and is licensed to practice law in New York and India. She holds a LL.B. (Juris Doctor equivalent) from University of Delhi and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

Salomon Azoulay, M.D., serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research & Development of Sumitovant. In this role he oversees numerous functions including clinical development, CMC,Regulatory, and medical affairs functions. Dr. Azoulay previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Roivant Sciences. He joined Roivant from Pfizer, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Pfizer Essential Health. In that role he oversaw clinical development and medical affairs for a portfolio that included over 600 branded products as well as biosimilars and sterile injectables.

Dr. Azoulay has over 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and held senior leadership roles at Pfizer since 2001, including Head of Development in Japan and Senior Vice President for Medical and Development in Emerging Markets.

Christine Ocampo is responsible for the accounting, tax and audit functions for Sumitovant Biopharma. She previously served as Chief Accounting Officer of Urovant Sciences, Inc. since Urovant’s initial inception in 2017.

Atsushi Kataoka serves as Senior Vice President, Finance Management. In this role he oversees corporate strategy and financial planning and analysis.