Leadership

Dr. Aixi Bai

Dr. Bai is the General Manager of Bestzyme, a Industrial synthetic biology products subsidiary of GenScript Biotech. Dr. Bai oversees comprehensive management duties, including production, research and development, business operations activities. Before he became the General Manager of Bestzyme in 2022, Dr. Bai was the Head of R&D at Bestzyme in 2018, where he was responsible for managing daily R&D operations. He joined Bestzyme in 2013 as a Senior Researcher, focusing on enzyme preparation project development.

Dr. Bai specializes in enzyme molecular discovery and enzyme engineering. He has 12 granted patents and patent applications, as well as 7 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Bai obtained his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Jilin University in 2005 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the same institution in 2012.

Aylin Kosova Bilgin

Ms. Aylin Kosova Bilgin is the Chief Marketing & Corporate Communications Officer at the company. Aylin is a passionate marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience including 17 years at the Coca-Cola Company, where held several key leadership positions, including the ‘VP of Coca-Cola Trademark Category for Europe’ and ‘VP of Marketing Transformation for Latin America’. She played pivotal roles in supercharging growth, igniting new energy into marketing organizations, and redesigning structures, teams and capabilities, resulting in exceptional business and team performance. An accomplished marketing executive, her leadership significantly contributed to winning the Woodruff Cup – The Coca-Cola Company’s most prestigious award for the Best-In-Class Business Unit (BU).

Prior to joining GenScript, Aylin served as Chief Marketing Officer & Associate at The CMO Syndicate, where she partnered with executives providing executive marketing leadership, unlocking insights, and informing result-driving strategy to elevate top- and bottom-line performance, organizational design and capability across industries. Aylin continues to serve on the ‘CMO Syndicate AI Leadership Council’ and serves as an Angel Investor, Board Member, and Board Advisor for ‘Bounce Watch’, an AI-powered platform that delivers actionable real-time insights into startup performance and optimizes scouting process for venture capitalists.

Aylin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Marmara University. She is also an alumna of the “Inspirational Leadership Program” at IMD and the “Chief Marketing Officer Program” at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Executive Scholarship.

Dr. Ray Chen

Dr. Ray Chen has been with GenScript since 2012 and is the President of GenScript Life Science Group. He held positions at GenScript of increasing responsibilities including Sales and Technical support, Business development, Product development and Marketing, R&D and production operations. Currently, he leads GenScript Life Science group’s global commercial teams, R&D centers and manufacturing sites in China, Singapore and United States to provide reliable, high quality and innovative reagent products, custom services and instrument serving a wide variety of existing and emerging life science research and development areas. Before joining GenScript, he held positions in Fabric and Home care R&D at Proctor & Gamble in product design and development.

Dr. Chen studied peptide chemistry in Dr. Richard DiMarchi lab and earned his PhD in Chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington and BS in Chemistry from Nanjing University.

Mr. Allen Guo

Mr. Allen Guo is the CEO of Probio, a biologics CDMO subsidiary of the Company, and is in charge of Probio’s overall management.

After joining Probio, Mr. Guo served as the BD Head of China BD Department and was promoted to Assistant Vice President of the Asia-Pacific BD Department later, where he demonstrated leadership and cross-functional collaboration. He led the Asia-Pacific BD achieving outstanding performance, securing key milestone projects, and driving the advancement of multiple collaborative projects. Furthermore, he established mentorship program for high-potential talents, simplified and optimized business process, successfully built a cohesive, stable and high-performing BD team.

From May 2016 to December 2021, he served as BD Executive for APAC and BD Head for Greater China at Pharma Service Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific. From July 2014 to April 2016, he served as Strategic Alliance Manager for China at Diabetes Care, Becton Dickinson. From August 2010 to July 2014, he served as Key Account Manager at Industrial Solution, Lonza.

Mr. Guo obtained his Master degree in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics from Fudan University in 2008.

Kening Li

Dr. Kening Li is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at the company.

Prior to that, he had been a partner with major international law firms, where for 20+ years, he advised American, European and Chinese clients. He is especially experienced in intellectual property protection and enforcement, including establishing a company’s IP strategy, and using IP as an integral part of a company’s overall competition strategy; patent and trademark procurement and enforcement; investment with IP assets; resolving difficult FTO issues, and devising and negotiating IP license deals.

Dr. Li has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Nanjing University, a master’s degree in science from Nanjing Agricultural University, and a Ph.D. and a J.D. (cum laude), with honors, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a licensed attorney in the State of California, and Washington D.C., as well as registered attorney of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Bhama Parimoo

Dr. Bhama Parimoo now serves as the Head of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI). At GenScript, she has been instrumental in implementing the customer relationship platform and has contributed significantly to technical, sales, and business development efforts. In the Quality Assurance department, she addressed and resolved challenging issues, promoting our products and services to clients globally while receiving notable recognition. Her dedication and achievements have made her a three-time winner of the Best Employee of the Year award, in addition to receiving service awards.

After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, she worked as an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Medicine and later served as a junior faculty member at Rutgers University before joining GenScript. She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and presented at several conferences both in the US and internationally. Bhama holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from a prestigious research institute in India.

Martin Rexroad

Mr. Martin Rexroad is the General Manager of US Site for GenScript. Martin is a seasoned leader with almost 20 years of experience in the biotechnology and life sciences industry. Throughout his career, he has led large-scale organizational and operational initiatives, supporting company growth through infrastructure expansion, site operations excellence, and cross-functional collaboration. Martin has held senior leadership roles at PTC Therapeutics, Terumo Medical Corporation, and Osteotech, Inc., where he helped guide organizations through critical phases of expansion and integration across multiple sites and functions. Martin has extensive experience in leadership and team development, employee engagement, and connecting people of different cultures to enable business results.

Martin holds an M.S. in Business Management and a B.S. in Management from Virginia Tech. Martin serves on the Virginia Tech Management Advisory Board for the Pamplin College of Business’ Management Department.

Sherry Shao

Ms. Sherry Shao currently serves as rotating chief executive officer of the Company and a member of the Sub-Committee on Data Security and Geopolitical Resilience under the Risk Management and ESG Committee. She has been appointed as a rotating CEO of the company with effect from January 1, 2023. She was appointed as the chief operating officer of the Company on July 8, 2021 and is primarily responsible for the supporting functions of the Company, including human resources, supply chain, engineering and instrument, information technology, quality and environmental, health and safety functions. She is also the chairwoman of the sanctions risk control committee.

Ms. Shao has nearly 20 years of management experience in the life-science and biologics development industry. Ms. Shao joined the Group in July 2005. From July 2005 to April 2017, Ms. Shao served in a number of positions at the Group, including a group leader of antibody department, a manager of antibody development and a vice president of reagent service production center. From April 2017 to April 2019, Ms. Shao worked as the deputy general manager of the reagent service business unit. From April 2019 to August 2020, Ms. Shao served as the president of life science group. From August 2020 to February 2021, she worked as the president of European division. From February 2021 to July 2021, she worked as China President. She was appointed as the chief operating officer of the Company in July 2021.

Ms. Shao, obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Nanjing Normal University in the PRC in June 2002 and a Master of Science degree in Preventive Veterinary from Yangzhou University in the PRC in June 2005.

Mr. Phil Zhou

Mr. Phil Zhou is the Chief Financial Officer at the Company, responsible for the Group’s financial leadership, investors relationship & capital market management and business operations enablement that support scalable growth and execution across global markets.

Mr. Zhou has more than 25 years’ of experience in finance, business operations and organizational management. He is a seasoned operating executive with deep expertise in integrating finance with business decision-making. Prior to joining GenScript, he served as Chief Financial Officer of ECARX (Nasdaq: ECX), where he led end-to-end financial management while also overseeing shared service operations, human resources, and legal & compliance functions. He built a tightly integrated finance-business operating model, strengthened internal governance, and supported the company’s transition to a global operating platform.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Zhou held senior leadership positions at Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft Greater China, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Greater China, where he focused on business operations, strategic planning, and organizational execution. He also spent many years at Dell Technologies as Senior Finance Director for Greater China, leading financial planning, pricing and profitability management, go-to-market design, cash flow optimization, and enterprise risk control.

Mr. Zhou began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds an MBA from Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, and a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science from Fudan University.