Aziz Mottiwala

Aziz has over 20 years of biopharmaceutical industry leadership experience in several therapeutic areas, including over 10 years in the eye care space. Prior to joining Tarsus, Aziz was Chief Commercial Officer at Opiant Pharmaceuticals, overseeing all aspects of commercial strategy for the company’s addiction medicine portfolio. Before that, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial at Avanir Pharmaceuticals. He also spent over 10 years at Allergan (an AbbVie company), most recently as Vice President of Marketing for the company’s eye care franchise, where he helped grow the business to over $2 billion in revenue across a diverse portfolio including Restasis® and Lumigan®, as well as several other devices and OTC product lines.

Previously, Aziz held commercial leadership roles at Valeant, IMS Health (now IQVIA), and Aventis Pharmaceuticals (now Sanofi). He received a BS in biochemistry from the University of California San Diego and an MBA in marketing and finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is also heavily active in the community and serves on the boards of the Orange County nonprofit OneOC and Octane.