
Kenneth L. Waggoner serves as the Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel of PharmaCyte Biotech and is the Chairman of the Board. He has 50 years of experience in management, business, operations and law. Mr. Waggoner started his career as an attorney in private practice. Notably he was a senior partner with Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison, named one of the top two law firms worldwide that provide services to biotechnology clients, including Chiron, Amgen, Biogen Idec, Sangamo, Ligand, DepoTech and many others. He was the Managing Partner of Brobeck’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Waggoner was also a member of Brobeck’s Executive Committee for almost ten years and on Brobeck’s Policy Committee for numerous years managing Brobeck’s worldwide operations with annual revenues more than $750,000,000. While at Brobeck, Mr. Waggoner was the Co-Chairman of Brobeck’s world-wide Environmental Law Group.
Mr. Waggoner’s career includes leadership and legal positions at Chevron as Vice President and General Counsel of Chevron’s global downstream business after Chevron’s acquisition of Texaco. While at Chevron he was responsible for the overall management of legal services to the North American, Latin American, European and Asian products companies of Chevron, including refining, distribution, shipping and technology, and served on Chevron’s Global Downstream Executive Committee. During his tenure at Chevron, Mr. Waggoner led a successful restructuring of the company’s international Legal Department following Chevron’s acquisition of Texaco and Gulf Oil.
Further highlights of Mr. Waggoner’s career included management and legal positions with several start-up companies during the last several years as well as working with Fortune 500 companies most of his professional career.
Mr. Waggoner received his Juris Doctorate with honors in 1973 from Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles.