About me
Darren Head is Chairman & President of Bionova Scientific. He also served as Chairman of Bionova’s Board of Directors from 2019 until the company was acquired by Asahi Kasei in 2022. Darren also serves as CEO of Cellipont Bioservices, a cell therapy CDMO based in the San Diego area.
Prior to joining Bionova, Darren was CEO of MaSTherCell, a global CDMO specializing in cell and gene therapy products. He steered MaSTherCell through a period of rapid growth leading to its acquisition by Catalent in 2020.
Prior to MaSTherCell, Darren spent nearly 10 years as President and CEO at Cytovance Biologics, which he successfully built into a premier biologics CDMO, culminating in its acquisition by Hepalink USA in 2015.
Darren joined Cytovance after nearly 20 years of biologics operations leadership experience. At Immucor, he served as vice-president of worldwide operations, overseeing the manufacturing of biological products in the US, Europe, and Canada. Darren also served as operations manager and project manager for companies such as Aronex Pharmaceuticals (The Woodlands, TX), Allergan Optical (Waco, TX), and Abbott Laboratories (Rocky Mount, NC).
Mr. Head holds a B.S. in biology and attended the executive M.B.A. program at Texas A&M. Additionally, he served in the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm.
