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Than Powell

Medgility, co-founder

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · 1 connection

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About

Proven track record of building and scaling businesses and teams as public company CEO, start-up Co-Founder and CEO, and Executive leader in big pharma and biotech. Successful exits to Private Equity, public funding through Institutional Investors, and multiple strategic partnerships. Most recently served as Interim CEO and Chief Business Officer of Longeveron, a public clinical-stage biotech. Led company through public funding round and ultimately Institutional Fund investment to support operations through pivotal study read-out. Continue to advise on business development and strategic partnerships. Additional career highlights:• Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy at Surescripts, LLC through a successful M&A process resulting in an acquisition by TPG at 28x EBITDA multiple. • CEO & Co-founder of Epulate, LLC a venture-backed health tech start-up focused on improving the way transplant patients are matched to donated organs by leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and emerging science in transplant immunology. • 20+ years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry at Eli Lilly & Co and GSK leading business units, pipeline development/clinical trial strate

Experience

AdvisorLongeveron
Mar 2026 to Aug 2026
Interim Chief Executive OfficerLongeveron
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026
Chief Business OfficerLongeveron
Jun 2025 to Sep 2025
Medgility, co-founderMedgility
Sep 2020 to Jun 2025
VP- Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentSurescripts
Aug 2023 to Nov 2024
Co-founder & CEOEpulate
Mar 2022 to Jul 2023
Vice President, Strategy, Operations & PipelineGSK
Jan 2015 to Sep 2020
Interim Oncolocy Business Unit HeadGSK
Jan 2018 to Jan 2019
Vice President, Launch Excellence & Commercial PlanningGSK
Jun 2013 to Dec 2014
Senior Director, Payer New Product DevelopmentGSK
Mar 2011 to Jun 2013
Director, Payer New Product DevelopmentGSK
Mar 2010 to Mar 2011
AdvisorGalvani Bioelectronics
Sep 2016 to Jul 2020
Director, Global Neuroscience MarketingEli Lilly and Company
Aug 2005 to Mar 2010
Sales RepresentativeEli Lilly and Company
Dec 2002 to Aug 2005
Associate, Primary Care Strategy and Business DevelopmentEli Lilly and Company
Jun 2000 to Dec 2002
Summer InternGeneral Mills
Jun 2004 to Aug 2004

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA
2003 to 2005
DePauw University
Economics
1996 to 2000