GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - USA
Kathy Hibbs of 23andMe, Inc.
Kathy Hibbs is a veteran of the healthcare industry, having accumulated an exceptional depth and breadth of experience handling the legal challenges faced by healthcare and life sciences companies in her two-decade career in the sector. Her previous roles include advising on legal affairs at Varian Medical Systems and serving as general counsel to Monogram Biosciences and Genomic Health, before assuming her current position as 23andMe’s chief legal and regulatory officer in 2014.
Her current role sees her face the multifaceted legal and regulatory issues facing the biotechnology business, with Hibbs’ successes including advising on its USD250 million Series F financing round, a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline for medicinal research and securing authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetic health risk tests for cancer.
Sources credit Hibbs’ “very sharp and very probing mind” for her successful track record in the industry. Her ability to steer companies through the thicket of regulatory oversight facing the healthcare industry also wins her praise from legal insiders, who point her ability to “quickly pick up on and point out key regulatory issues and how they sit within a broader regulatory environment” as a notable asset.