Barbara Chan

Barbara Chan joined Omega with over 20 years of experience as a senior finance leader in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries to Omega. Prior to joining the Omega team, Ms. Chan most recently served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals.

Joining Aegerion at a particularly challenging time, Ms. Chan was able to completely transform and rebuild the finance organization, including significantly reducing the finance team turnover, establishing an appropriate control environment, improving internal processes, and enhancing both internal and external reporting. During her tenure at the company, Ms. Chan helped to support the resolution of significant legal and compliance issues facing the company, and led her team through a complex merger, two product launches outside of the U.S., and played a pivotal role in the ultimate sale of the company. Prior to that, Ms. Chan spent 13 years with Parexel International, where she oversaw the company’s revenue growth from $320 million to over $2 billion. While at Parexel, she held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Global Head of Accounting.

Ms. Chan is a Certified Public Accountant with a B.S. in Accountancy and an M.S. in Taxation from Bentley University.