Therese Menear
VP, Operational Excellence
Exelixis
Thérèse Menear is a seasoned and experienced leader within the drug development space, specifically within clinical trial operations and execution. She joined Exelixis in September 2022 and during her tenure has served as Vice President, Clinical Operations and most recently, she has assumed the role of Vice President, Operational Excellence. From November 2006 to September 2022, Thérèse was at GSK where she held many roles of increasing responsibility, to include Vice President, Global Pharma Clinical Delivery in which she led a global team of approximately 300 members across approximately 200 clinical trials. Prior to GSK, Thérèse was a member of the Project Management (PM) team at Covance, a contract research organization, where she eventually led the North American PM Team, a team of 75 seasoned PM professionals. She started her career at Clinical Research Group, an oncology site management organization and over her 5 years with CRG, she helped grow the company from a 4 to 50 person company while serving as a member of the executive leadership team; Thérèse credits this initial experience to the start of her 30+ year career helping to bring new medicines to patients in need. Thérèse holds a BA degree from University of Scranton in International Languages & Business. She resides in Havertown, PA, with her family.
