Team Category: Investor and Public Relations

In 2007, Mr. Pitts and Andrea Rabney established Argot Partners as a life scienced-focused strategic communications consultancy to provide clients with a full suite of communications services to help communicate their narratives to key audiences at every stage of the biopharmaceutical lifecycle.

Mr. Pitts co-founded Argot Partners with Ms. Rabney after their close collaboration at ImClone Systems (acquired by Eli Lilly and Company), where they navigated communications for the regulatory failure and ultimate approval of the cancer treatment ERBITUX®, various government investigations, an exploration of strategic alternatives and a consent solicitation by investor Carl Icahn. Mr. Pitts worked for ImClone as a special situations advisor, and subsequently joined the company in 2004.

Mr. Pitts began his career in corporate communications at boutique special situations firm, Sard Verbinnen & Company, and later joined the Abernathy MacGregor Group, ultimately serving as a Senior Vice President. In these roles, he counseled multi-national clients through such matters as mergers and acquisitions, corporate crises, restructurings, proxy contests, initial public offerings, exchange listings and litigation.
 Mr. Pitts earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Trinity College in Connecticut where he graduated with honors and thesis distinctions. He is fluent in French and proficient in Mandarin and Spanish.

Select Achievements

• Advised on numerous transformative communications scenarios in the life sciences, including initial public offerings, key data readouts, regulatory reviews and approval, advisory committees, product launches and M&A

Andrea co-founded Argot Partners in 2007 as a life sciences-focused strategic communications consultancy to help companies of all sizes and stages articulate their science and its value to key stakeholders. She leverages her 30+ years of experience as well as her relationships within the financial industry to counsel clients on matters such as corporate positioning, mergers and acquisitions, financings and shareholder activism. She previously served as Vice President, Corporate Communications at ImClone Systems, where she was a member of the Management Committee and, for 13 years, led the company’s communications department.

Andrea began her career as a compliance analyst at Smith Barney Shearson Inc and holds a J.D. from the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College and a B.A. from Boston University.

Select Achievements

• Co-founded, lead, and built Argot Partners resulting in its acquisition by Danforth Health in 2023
• Since the formation of Argot Partners, she has worked with more than 300 biopharmaceutical clients as a senior advisor at key inflection points across the corporate lifecycle