Leadership Team

Karen Lewis became Chief People Officer of Cardurion in March 2025. She has over 25 years of experience in human resources helping to build organizations and develop programs that support companies at various stages of growth, including leadership roles at Apellis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: APLS), Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY).

As Chief People Officer of Apellis, she led the organizational design, culture and human resources strategy to support the launch of two drug products and to scale the company from 200 to over 900 employees globally. She was instrumental in developing a global geographic expansion plan and creating a differentiated approach to talent management that contributed to high employee engagement and retention. Prior to Apellis, she led and built the human resources function for Axcella Health. Previously, Karen held leadership roles with increasing responsibility at Biogen, including in talent acquisition, HR lead for U.S. commercial, and HR lead for Asia Pacific and Latin America. Earlier, Karen worked as a global leader of human resources programs at Amazon, and she spent a decade at Bristol-Myers Squibb in HR management roles.

Karen holds a B.S. in biology from Rider University and worked as a research scientist at a start-up biotech company before entering a career in human resources.