Neil Littman: New Business Development Officer at the California Stem Cell Agency

The California stem cell agency this week mentioned the hiring of a business development officer as part of its plan to engage industry more robustly but did not identify him.

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The California Stem Cell Report queried the agency about the new hire. Kevin McCormack, the agency spokesman, identified him as Neil Littman, who most recently worked as a senior associate in the merchant banking group at Burrill & Co. in San Francisco.

Littman's responsibilities will include “facilitating opportunities for outside investment in stem cell research in California for both CIRM-funded and non CIRM-funded programs by biopharmaceutical strategic partners, equity investors and disease foundations.”

McCormack said that Littman's “strategic advisory experience includes buy-side and sell-side M&A, as well as in-licensing and out-licensing of both development stage and commercial products.”

Littman also worked at Thomas Weisel Partners and at Deutsche Bank Securities. He received a M.S. in biotechnology with a concentration in biotechnology enterprise from The Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. in molecular, cellular and development biology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2002. 

Littman's salary at CIRM is $160,000 annually.