Jeff Holder, PhD, is a Managing Director and Partner in L.E.K. Consulting’s Life Sciences practice, based in San Francisco. He advises biopharma, life science tools and pharma services companies on growth strategy, innovation, portfolio planning, and organization & performance with a particular focus on advanced therapeutic modalities including cell and gene therapies.
Jeff brings deep expertise across the discovery, development, and manufacturing value chain, helping organizations navigate the scientific, operational and commercial complexities required to scale breakthrough therapies. He has extensive experience supporting strategic transactions and business development initiatives across the life science tools and pharma services sectors. Jeff joined L.E.K. in 2016. He holds a PhD in organic chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, a BA in chemistry from Harvard University and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.