Nur Nicholson

Chief Technical Operations Officer

Nur joined Apellis in August 2020 as our chief technical operations officer and brings over 25 years of global pharmaceutical experience in technical operations, clinical operations, and business operations and intelligence. Most recently, Nur was at Galderma where she was the head of global supply chain and also held the role of vice president, North America business operations and intelligence. Prior to Galderma, Nur was the head of global supply chain for the pharmaceutical franchise at Alcon, a Novartis division. During her more than 20-year career with Alcon, Nur held a number of roles in clinical and regulatory affairs operations, clinical infometrics and resource management, and sales operations. Nur holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Middle East Technical University in Turkey and an Executive MBA from the M.J. Neely School of Business at Texas Christian University.