Bio: Percival Barretto-Ko

Percival Barretto-Ko

Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Government Affairs, Astellas US LLC

Percival Barretto-Ko is Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Government Affairs, at Astellas US LLC, the North American affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma, Inc. Mr. Barretto-Ko leads the teams responsible for corporate planning, business development and alliance management, government policy and external affairs, and state government affairs.

Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Barretto-Ko held the position of executive director, corporate strategy and communications at Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd. While there, he led the organization’s corporate strategy, corporate planning, corporate communications, crisis management and corporate social responsibility functions. Prior to joining Astellas, he held increasingly more senior marketing and sales positions with the Roche Group in the United States and United Kingdom.

Barretto-Ko earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, an MBA from Yale School of Management, and an MS from MIT Sloan School of Management, where he recently served as a Sloan Fellow for Innovation and Global Leadership.