Marie-Claire Peakman is Executive Director, WRDM and Principal at Pfizer Ventures. Marie-Claire is responsible for identifying, evaluating, making and managing equity investments aligned with the future directions of Pfizer. She is currently on the board of DEM Biopharma and holds observer positions on the boards of Mediar Therapeutics, Capstan Therapeutics and TRex Bio.

Marie-Claire brings 25 years of scientific leadership at Pfizer, delivering small molecule therapeutics to the clinic and to market across multiple therapeutic areas. Most recently she led the Primary Pharmacology Group which she founded in 2009 and which played key roles in the identification of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir), Cibinqo (abrocitinib) and multiple other small molecules currently in the clinic. She has additional experience leading compound management, high throughput ADME, data support and management, genetically modified models, bioimaging and biobanking. Prior to Pfizer Marie-Claire gained experience at The Wellcome Foundation, at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK and held postdoctoral positions at Yale University. She has multiple roles on non-profit boards in the community.

Marie-Claire received a B.Pharm.Hons. degree in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Physiology & Pharmacology from the University of Nottingham U.K. She is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.