Stu Mackey, JD
VP & CBO

Stu Mackey has more than 10 years of experience in biotechnology. Before joining Santaris Pharma A/S, he worked for leading biotech company Amgen, most recently as Managing Director of Amgen Ventures, a $100 M venture capital fund with approximately 15 portfolio companies. Mr. Mackey was also responsible for Amgen’s Outlicensing and Corporate Alliance Management functions. Mr. Mackey originally joined Amgen’s Law Department in 1999, supporting Amgen’s strategic alliances, international business activities and licensing efforts. In 2003, he joined the Licensing Department, where he ran the group responsible for negotiating Amgen’s in- and out-bound product licensing transactions. Prior to joining Amgen, Mr. Mackey was an associate at Folger, Levin & Kahn, LLP, a San Francisco-based law firm. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law.