SoYoung Kwon is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Aptevo Therapeutics. She leads Legal, Compliance, Business Development, Human Resources and Facilities, overseeing corporate governance, securities, compliance, contractual and intellectual property matters, talent and organizational development, facilities and safety. SoYoung brings more than 30 years of legal and business leadership across regulated and innovation-driven industries.

Prior to Aptevo, SoYoung served as Global Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary and business development leader at AGC Biologics, a global contract development and manufacturing organization with facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. She also served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary and Head of Human Resources at Onvia, Inc.; Senior Counsel at Safeco Corporation; and Corporate Associate at Graham & Dunn PC. Her experience spans insurance, high-tech, biologics, and cell and gene therapy. SoYoung is a Trustee of the Seattle Art Museum, where she serves as a member of the Executive Committee. She also serves as President of the Washington Scholarship Foundation.