William “Bill” Burns is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Molecular Partners. His professional career has been spent in the life sciences sector. His career in Roche took him to CEO of the Pharma Division and to the Boards of Genentech and Chugai. From 2010 to 2014 he also served as a Non-Executive Director of F Hoffmann La Roche. He is currently Chair of Vestergaard sarl, Vice Chair of Mesoblast in Australia and is a Trustee of the Institute of Cancer Research in London. He also serves on a Cancer Advisory board to the Universities of Aachen/Bonn/Cologne and Dusseldorf. Mr. Burns holds an honors degree in economics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.